Rastrelliger
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| Rastrelliger kanagurta at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Japan | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Tribe: | Scombrini |
| Genus: | Rastrelliger Jordan and Starks in Jordan and Dickerson, 1908 |
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Rastrelliger is a mackerel genus in the family Scombridae. The three species of Rastrelliger together with the four species of Scomber comprise the tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels".
Species [edit]
- Short mackerel, Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851).
- Island mackerel, Rastrelliger faughni Matsui, 1967.
- Indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816).
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