🐟Atlantic mackerel
Makrel eller atlantisk makrel (Scomber scombrus) er en fiskeart i makrelslægten. Det er en hurtigsvømmende fisk, der ofte optræder i store stimer. Den er udbredt fra Sortehavet og Middelhavet til Island og Nordnorge samt ved Nordamerikas østkyst. Den kan strejfe dybt ind i Østersøen. Der foregår et stort fiskeri efter makrel. På grund af overfiskeri i Nordsøen var der en brat nedgang i makrelbestanden omkring 1970.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- Body mass
- 1.87 kg
- Body length
- 0.3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Atlantic mackerel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.87 kgrecord 3.4 kg · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length0.3 mrecord 0.6 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Maximum lifespan17 yearsrecord 17 years · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic level3.63FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.63 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Atlantic mackerel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderPerciformes
- ›familyScombridae
- ›genusScomber
- ›speciesScomber scombrus
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- tribeScombrini
- genusScomber
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- tribeScombrini
- genusScomber
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