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SpeciesPerciformesScombridae
Fish

๐ŸŸKing mackerel

Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier, 1829)

De koningsmakreel (Scomberomorus cavalla, syn. regalis) is een straalvinnige vis uit de familie van makrelen (Scombridae) en behoort derhalve tot de orde van baarsachtigen (Perciformes). De vis kan een lengte bereiken van 184 cm. De hoogst geregistreerde leeftijd is 14 jaar. Hij staat bij de Amerikanen bekend als cero, kingfish ('koningsvis'), cavalla en sierra-makreel. De hengelsporters aldaar prijzen zijn vecht- en voedingswaarde. Vindplaatsen bevinden zich aan de Atlantische kustwateren, waar de vis tot ruim 34 kilo zwaar wordt.

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Also called
Kingfish
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
25 kg
Body length
0.7 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
14 years
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Everything we know about the King mackerel

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
25 kgrecord 45 kg ยท FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.7 mrecord 1.84 m ยท FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
14 yearsrecord 26 years ยท FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.42
FishBase
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04, estimate table ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.42 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2โ€“2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
reports of ciguatera poisoning
FishBase
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
25 Laverage
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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 King mackerel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. โ€บphylumChordata
  3. โ€บorderPerciformes
  4. โ€บfamilyScombridae
  5. โ€บgenusScomberomorus
  6. โ€บspeciesScomberomorus cavalla
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  2. subclassNeopterygii
  3. orderAcanthomorphata
  4. genusScomberomorus
All 10 branches โ†“
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. genusScomberomorus
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Scomberomorus cavalla (es), Scomberomorus cavalla (fr), Scomberomorus cavalla (de), Cรก thu vua (vi), Scomberomorus cavalla (ca), kuningasmakrilli (fi) โ€ฆ and 14 more languages
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