🐟King mackerel
大耳馬鮫為輻鰭魚綱鱸形目鯖亞目鯖科的其中一種，分布於西大西洋區，從加拿大至巴西聖保羅海域，本魚腹鰭間的突起小而兩裂，泳鰾不存在，側線突然彎曲的向下在第二背鰭鰭之下，成魚有沒有黑色的區域在第一背鰭上的較前端，身體完全地覆蓋著鱗片，背鰭硬棘12-18枚，背鰭軟條15-18枚，臀鰭硬棘2枚，臀鰭軟條16-20枚，脊椎骨41-43個，體長可達184公分，棲息在沿岸海域，會進行迴游，屬肉食性，以魚類、頭足類為食，可做為食用魚、遊釣魚。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- 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
Everything we know about the King mackerel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass25 kgrecord 45 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 length0.7 mrecord 1.84 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Maximum lifespan14 yearsrecord 26 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 level4.42FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.42 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansreports of ciguatera poisoningFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Volume l25 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 King mackerel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderPerciformes
- ›familyScombridae
- ›genusScomberomorus
- ›speciesScomberomorus cavalla
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- genusScomberomorus
All 10 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- genusScomberomorus
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