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Common names: King mackerel, Kingfish, Spanish mackerel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Frimodt, C., 1995
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Found in coastal waters during the warm months of the year. A popular gamefish in Florida (Ref. 9987). Also present inshore north and inshore south of Cape Hatteras. Fishing has been severely restricted. Strict management controls have helped the resource to recover, but the greater part of the catch is now reserved for game fishing (Ref. 9987). Also Ref. 26340.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983
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> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Scomberomorus: Latin, scomber = mackerel + Greek, moros = silly, stupid (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina; havsvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 5 - 140 m (Ref. 36484), usually 5 - 15 m (Ref. 40849). Tropical; 44°N - 22°S, 98°W - 34°W (Ref. 54879)

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Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Massachusetts, USA to São Paulo, Brazil. Eastern Central Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m 64.8, range 45 - 114 cm
Max length : 184 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9710); common length : 70.0 cm FL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 168); publicerad maxvikt: 45.0 kg (Ref. 168); rapporterad maxålder: 26 år (Ref. 128047)

Short description Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 12 - 18; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 15-18; Taggstrålar i analfenan 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 16 - 20; Ryggkotor: 41 - 43. Interpelvic process small and bifid. Swim bladder absent. Lateral line abruptly curving downward below second dorsal fin. Intestine with 2 folds and 3 limbs. Adults have no black area on the anterior part of the first dorsal fin. Juveniles with bronze spots in 5 or 6 irregular rows. Body entirely covered with scales.

Often found in outer reef areas. Larvae are encountered in surface waters of 26.3° to 31°C and 26.9 to 35 ppt. Feeds primarily on fishes with smaller quantities of penaeid shrimps and squids. Large schools have been found to migrate over considerable distances along the Atlantic US coast, water temperature permitting. It is an important species for recreational, commercial, and artisanal fisheries throughout its range. Most of the catch is processed into steaks or sold fresh, or sometimes canned and salted. Also prepared smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). Potentially ciguatoxic in certain areas (Ref. 9710). Sometimes called "Kingfish" (Ref. 13442).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Collette, Bruce B. | Medarbetare

Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2):137 p. (Ref. 168)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 October 2022

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 9710)

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.5 - 28.1, mean 27.2 (based on 1034 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00713 - 0.01166), b=3.02 (2.98 - 3.06), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 4.4 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (K=0.07-0.15; tm=2; tmax=14; Fec=70,000).

Prior r = 0.66, 95% CL = 0.43 - 0.99, Based on 5 stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (55 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829)