Jack mackerel
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Jack mackerels Fossil range: Eocene to Present[1]
Japanese jack mackerel, Trachurus japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Carangidae Genus: Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Scomber trachurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text.

Jack mackerels are marine fishes in the Trachurus genus of the Carangidae family. The type species of the genus is the Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek word trachys, meaning "rough", and the Greek word oura, meaning "tail".

It is often used in Japanese cuisine, where it is called "aji".

Species

• Trachurus aleevi Rytov & Razumovskaya, 1984.
• Cape horse mackerel, Trachurus capensis Castelnau, 1861.
• Greenback horse mackerel, Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841).
• African scad, Trachurus delagoa Nekrasov, 1970.
• Arabian scad, Trachurus indicus (Cuvier, 1833).
• Japanese jack mackerel, Trachurus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844).
• Rough scad, Trachurus lathami Nichols, 1920.
• Crozet scad, Trachurus longimanus (Norman, 1935).
• Mediterranean horse mackerel, Trachurus mediterraneus Steindachner, 1868.
• Inca scad, Trachurus murphyi Nichols, 1920.
• Yellowtail horse mackerel, Trachurus novaezelandiae Richardson, 1843.
• Blue jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825).
• Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855).
• Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Cunene horse mackerel, Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1950.

References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved on 2008-01-08. 

• "Trachurus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. September 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.