Fish of the Scomber genus of the tribe Scombrini of the subfamily Scombrinae of the Scombridae family of the Scombroidei suborder of the Scombriformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Atlantic mackerel. Photo © northlakefisheries.ca)
Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It is a pelagic schooling species. It inhabits the depths of up to 1000 meters, usually up to 200 meters. The maximum recorded length is 60 cm, specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 3,4 kilograms. It feeds on small fish and zooplankton.
(Atlantic mackerel. Photo © planetseafishing.com)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in other languages as follows:
Skumbri (Albanian), Скумрията (Skumrijata) (Bulgarian), Közönséges makréla (Hungarian), Makreel (Dutch), Σκουμπρί (Skumbri) (Greek), Caballa del Atlántico (Spanish), Scombro (Italian), Atlantische Makrele (German), Makrela atlantycka (Polish), Sarda (Portuguese), Scrumbie albastră (Romanian), Атлантическая скумбрия (Atlanticheskaja skumbrija) (Russian), Skuša (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian), Uskumru (Turkish), Maquereau commun (French), Makrela obecná (Czech).