island mackerel
Rastrelliger faughni
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and November
- How commonRare
About this species
The island mackerel is a species of true mackerel in the scombrid family (Scombridae) from the Indo-Pacific. Their maximum reported length is 20 cm, and the maximum reported weight is 0.75 kg.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Island mackerel”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 10 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- island mackerel
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- caballa isleña
- French
- maquereau des îles
- Thai
- ปลาทูปากจิ้งจก
- Simplified Chinese
- 媽鱟, 富干氏鯖, 富氏羽鰓鮐, 富氏金帶花鯖, 白面仔, 福氏羽鰓鮐, 花飛
Similar species
- Indian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
- Short mackerel
Rastrelliger brachysoma
Frigate mackerelAuxis thazard
- Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
- Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
- Allison tuna
Thunnus albacares
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 66 open-data records from 1967 to 2005.
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