Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus)

Scientific name: Grammatorcynus bicarinatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus)

The Shark mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus) is a marine fish of the family Scombridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13; Vertebrae: 31. Mouth relatively small, upper jaw reaching about to middle of eye. Pectoral fins stout. Interpelvic process short and single. No prominent anterior corselet present. Swim bladder present. Vertebrae 14 precaudal plus 17 caudal, total 31 as in the mackerels (Scomber and Rastrelliger).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Grammatorcynus bicarinatus
Family
Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
112
Depth range
15 m (49 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous; depth range 15 - ? m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: known only from the northern coasts of Australia, south to Shark Bay in western Australia, along the east coast of Queensland south to northern New South Wales. Recently reported from the Gulf of Papua and Ouv?a Atoll, Loyalty Islands.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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