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Kanadi kingfish






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Kanadi kingfish

Conservation status


Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Scomberomorus
Species:
S. plurilineatus
Binomial name
Scomberomorus plurilineatus

Fourmanoir, 1966

distribution of Scomberomorus plurilineatus

The Kanadi kingfish (Scomberomorus plurilineatus) is a species of ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, the mackerel family. Also known as the Kanadi seerfish, queen mackerel, or spotted mackerel, it is found in subtropical waters of the western Indian Ocean, Seychelles, Kenya and ZanzibartoSouth Africa and along the west coast of Madagascar. Kanadi kingfish commonly occur in depths of 50 to 200 m (164 to 656 ft). Specimens have been recorded at up to 120 cm (47 in) in length, and weighing up to 12.5 kg (28 lb). They feed mainly on small fishes such as anchovies and clupeids, squids, and mantis shrimps.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Collette, B.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M. & Nelson, R. (2011). "Scomberomorus plurilineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170348A6760962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170348A6760962.en. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  • ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Scomberomorus plurilineatus"inFishBase. February 2018 version.

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