Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789

AphiaID: 151174

Atlantic chub mackerel

Biota (Superdominio) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Infrafilo) > Osteichthyes (Parvfilo) > Actinopterygii (Gigaclasse) > Actinopteri (Superclass) > Teleostei (Class) > Scombriformes (Order) > Scombridae (Family) > Scombrinae (Subfamilia) > Scomber (Genero)

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OMARE records: 7
OBIS records: 0

Geographic distribution

É encontrada no Atlântico Nordeste e Mar Mediterrâneo.

Habitat

Habita na coluna de água em zonas costeiras até 250 m de profundidade. Forma grandes cardumes que são fortemente migradores, permanecendo junto ao fundo durante o dia e subindo durante a noite para caçar peixes, moluscos e pequenos crustáceos. Reproduz-se de Fevereiro a Abril, momento em que a fêmea desova 100.000 a 400.000 óvulos

Identifying features

  • Corpo fusiforme;
  • Primeira barbatana dorsal com 8 – 10 raios espinhosos;
  • Parte da cabeça situada entre os olhos, translúcida;
  • Espaçamento entre as duas barbatanas dorsais igual ao comprimento da base da primeira dorsal;
  • Coloração azul esverdeado;
  • Parte inferior dos flancos e ventre com numerosas e pequenas manchas escuras.

Conservation Status

Conservation status and major threats

Synonyms

Scomber undulatus Swainson, 1839

Additional information

Tamanho mínimo de captura – 200 mm.

É pescada com cerco, arrasto e redes de emalhar.

International References

Manual Prático de Identificação de Peixes Ósseos da Costa Continental Portuguesa – IPMA (2015)

MARTINS, R.; CARNEIRO, M., 2018. Manual de identificação de peixes ósseos da costa continental portuguesa – Principais Características Diagnosticantes. IPMA, I.P., 204p

WHITEHEAD, P.J.P.; BAUCHOT, M.-L.; HUREU, J.-C.; NIELSEN, J.; TORTONESE, E. (Eds), 1986. FNAM – Fishes of the North – Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris.

basis of record Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2017). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

source of synonymy Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2017). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

original description Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Caroli a Linné … Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3), pp 1033-1516., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36932 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2017). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder’s Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p. [details]

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

original description Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia – Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36932 [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

original description Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Aves Anseres. Tome I. Pars II. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae. 1(2): 501-1032., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83107#page/4/mode/1up [details]

basis of record Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2018). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

source of synonymy Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2018). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder’s Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1-748. [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

source of synonymy Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019)., available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. (In preparation). [details]

Last update: 28 Nov. 2017
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