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Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Grammatorcynus: Greek, gramma = signal, mark + Greek, rhyngchos = snout.
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.
Issue
Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. Correction to Grammatorcynus is probably unjustified (Ref. 1830).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
بوم شناسي
دريايي وابسته به آب سنگ; اقیانوس رو (Ref. 51243); تغييرات عمق 15 - 50 m (Ref. 86942). Subtropical; 12°S - 37°S, 110°E - 157°E (Ref. 168)
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 (Ref. 9684) and Ouvéa Atoll, Loyalty Islands (Ref. 13236).
Size / Weight / سن
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 112 cm FL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (Ref. 40637); بيشينه وزن گزارش شده: 13.5 kg (Ref. 168)
خارهاي باله پشتي (کل) : 11 - 13; شعاع نرم باله پشتي (کل) : 10 - 12; خارهاي باله مخرجي: 0; شعاع نرم باله مخرجي: 11 - 13; مهره ها: 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).
Form schools near individual bays and reefs in Barrier Reef waters. With the rising tide, they move into shallow water over the reef flats, feeding on schools of clupeoid fishes that concentrate there. Utilized as a food fish.
Life cycle and mating behavior
بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | تخم ها | Fecundity | توزاد ( لارو)
Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2):137 p. (Ref. 168)
وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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