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Mackerel Scad
Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)
Also called'operu (tah) · Antonino (spa) · Caballa (spa) · Caballa Amarilla (spa) · Caballa Azul (spa) · Caballeta (spa) · Caballeta Macarela (spa) · Caballla Amarilla (spa) · Carangue maquereau (fra) · Carapau (por) · Carapau Cavala (por) · Carapau-cavala (por) · Cavalinha (por) · Cavalinha de Reis (por)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Mackerel Scad. To 46 cm (18.1 in) TL (Jiménez Prado and Béarez 2004). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Ryukyu Islands (Senou in Nakabo 2002); tip of Baja California, mouth of Gulf of California, Costa Rica to Chile, and offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2015). Depth: surface to 400 m (1,312 ft) (min.: Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995; max.: Mundy 2005).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Circumtropical, in western Pacific Ocean north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found in clear water near reefs, 0 – 200 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed at Kavieng fish market in 2004 – 2005 by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2391064.