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Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta)
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Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) specimen
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Scombridae

Indian mackerel

Rastrelliger kanagurta

Thirty Six Centimeters Scombrid Fish of Indonesian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Indian mackerel is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
36 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Indonesia, north to the Ryukyu Islands and China, south to Australia, Melanesia and Samoa. Entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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