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Mackerel Scad

Decapterus macarellus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 56, February 48, March 58, April 36, May 28, June 27, July 39, August 28, September 32, October 38, November 40, December 55.
United States1,138
Hawaii483
New York95
New Jersey62
North Carolina45
Virginia26
Massachusetts19
Canada11
Maine11
Nova Scotia8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyJacks · Carangidae
GenusDecapterus

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