🐟Indian mackerel
The Indian mackerel or bigmouth mackerel is a species of mackerel in the family Scombridae. It is commonly found in the Indian and West Pacific oceans, and their surrounding seas. It is an important food fish and is commonly used in South and South-East Asian cuisine.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- Body mass
- 0.86 kg
- Body length
- 0.25 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 4 years
Everything we know about the Indian mackerel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.86 kgaverageOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female.
By sex
- Female0.86 kgFishBasev25.04
Body length0.25 mrecord 0.36 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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By sex
- Female0.42 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan4 yearsmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level3.29FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.29 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.9 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 Indian mackerel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderPerciformes
- ›familyScombridae
- ›genusRastrelliger
- ›speciesRastrelliger kanagurta
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- tribeScombrini
- genusRastrelliger
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- tribeScombrini
- genusRastrelliger
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