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Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782
CHUB MACKEREL
Pacific Chub Mackerel

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Scomber japonicus
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Overview
Main identification features
  • 1st dorsal fin : x: distance between 1st dorsal fin and 2nd dorsal fin ~ 1st dorsal fin base
  • back - oblique wiggly lines
  • belly: without marks
Body elongate and rounded; dorsal fins well-separated (distance between them Generally silver, back with blackish, oblique wavy lines; no lines on belly.

Size: attains 64 cm.

Habitat: epipelagic, coastal; occurs in schools and undergoes extensive summer migrations into temperate regions.

Depth: 0- 300 m.

Indo-Pacific; mainly in subtropical and temperate seas; in the eastern Pacific it ranges from Alaska to the Gulf of California to central Mexico, and the Revillagigedos; from Costa Rica to Chile, and Cocos, Malpelo and the Galapagos Archipielago.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 300 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: Pelagic crustacea; octopus/squid/cuttlefish; zooplankton; bony fishes; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=60; Southern limit=-30; Western limit=-135; Eastern limit=-71; Latitudinal range=90; Longitudinal range=64.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; West + East Pacific (but not Central); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Offshore; In & Offshore.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 64 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; California + Peruvian provinces, primarily; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Surface; Surface; Water column only;


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References
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Scomber japonicus Houttuyn , 1782

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Scomber: Greek, skombros = tunny or mackerel, 1623 (Ref. 45335 ) ;   japonicus: Named after Japan, its type locality (Ref. 6885 ) .

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243 ); depth range 0 - 300 m (Ref. 168 ), usually 50 - 200 m (Ref. 35185 ). Subtropical; 10°C - 27°C (Ref. 35185 ); 60°N - 48°S, 116°E - 70°W

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Indo-Pacific: anti-tropical, absent from the Indian Ocean except for South Africa, KZN to Western Cape (58304).

Reports from Atlantic incl. Mediterranean are Scomber colias , and from Red Sea and northern Indian Ocean are Scomber australasicus (Ref. 27328 ).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m 26.1   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9015 ); common length : 30.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 168 ); max. published weight: 2.9 kg (Ref. 26550 ); max. reported age: 18 years (Ref. 35185 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 112; Anal spines : 1; Anal soft rays : 12 - 14; Vertebrae : 31. Interpelvic process small and single. No well developed corselet. Swim bladder present. First haemal spine posterior to first interneural process; 12 to 15 interneural bones under first dorsal fin. Anal fin spine conspicuous, clearly separated from anal rays but joined to them by a membrane. Back with narrow stripes which zigzag and undulate. Belly unmarked (Pacific population) or with wavy lines (Atlantic pop.) (Ref. 168 ). Caudal peduncle with 5 finlets on the upper and lower edge. Distance between dorsal fins shorter than or equal to the first dorsal fin base (Ref. 35388 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A coastal pelagic species, to a lesser extent epipelagic to mesopelagic over the continental slope (Ref. 168 ). Schooling by size is well developed and initiates at approximately 3 cm (Ref. 168 ); may also form schools with Sarda chiliensis , Trachurus symmetricus and Sardinops sagax (Ref. 9340 ). Adults stay near the bottom during the day; go up to the open water at night, (Ref. 5377 ) where they feed on copepods and other crustaceans, fishes and squids (Ref. 168 ). They spawn in batches (Ref. 51846 ). Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6769 ). In Asian waters, they move to deeper water and remain inactive during the winter season (Ref. 4576 ). Commercially cultured in Japan. Marketed fresh, frozen, smoked, salted and occasionally canned (Ref. 9684 ). Eaten fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988 ). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166 ).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Spawning most often occurs at water temperatures of 15° to 20°C. Spawn in several batches with 250 to 300 eggs per g of fish with the total number of eggs per female ranging from 100,000 to 400,000.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B. | Collaborators

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: 01 June 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: highly commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes; bait: usually FAO - Fisheries: landings , species profile ; Publication: search | FIRMS - Stock assessments | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 9.3 - 27.7, mean 20.7 °C (based on 1526 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00662 - 0.00830), b=3.05 (3.02 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.4   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies. Generation time: 3.6 (3.1 - 5.0) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 24 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.12-0.22; tm=2-3; tmax=18). Prior r = 0.48, 95% CL = 0.32 - 0.73, Based on 3 stock assessments. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   High . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 48.8 [16.2, 118.3] mg/100g; Iron = 2.18 [0.83, 5.26] mg/100g; Protein = 20.9 [19.8, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.358 [0.247, 0.525] g/100g; Selenium = 98.1 [37.9, 229.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.7 [3.5, 60.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.846 [0.514, 1.358] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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