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Indo-Pacific King Mackerel
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Indo-Pacific King Mackerel

Scomberomorus guttatus

Indo-Pacific king mackerel or popularly (spotted) seer fish (Scomberomorus guttatus) is a sea fish among the mackerel variety of fishes. It is found in around the Indian Ocean and adjoining seas. It is known by various names, such as "surmai" (सुरमई) in Hindi, surmai (سرمئ) in Urdu, "surmai" (सुरमई) in Marathi, vanjaram (వంజరం) in Telugu,vanjaram (வஞ்சிரம்) in Tamil, ayakkoora or neimeen (അയക്കൂറ അഥവാ നെയ്മീന്) in Malayalam, anjal (ಅಂಜಲ್) in Tulu, arkoli (ಅರ್ಕೊಲಿ) in Kannada, iswaan or...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 188362.