Butterfly Mackerel
Gasterochisma melampus
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Scombridae
The butterfly kingfish (Gasterochisma melampus) is an ocean-dwelling ray-finned bony fish in the mackerel family, Scombridae – a family which it shares with the tunas, mackerels, Spanish mackerels, and bonitos. It, however, represents a lineage distinct from all other scombrids and has therefore been placed in its own genus Gasterochisma and subfamily Gasterochismatinae. Although taxonomists and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have accepted the name "butterfly kingfish", this fish has had many common names, including big-scaled mackerel, bigscale mackerel, butterfly…
Gasterochisma melampus est une espèce de poissons marins de l'ordre des Scombriformes, de la famille des Scombridae et de la sous-famille monotypique des Gasterochismatinae comprenant le seul genre Gasterochisma (aussi monotypique). Description D'après le texte de la description originale (traduit du latin) : « Le corps est très comprimé et de forme allongée de type clupéiforme. La queue est fine et dépourvue de carènes.
El atún chauchera (Gasterochisma melampus) es una especie de pez perciforme de la familia Scombridae. Descripción Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 164 cm de longitud total. Referencias Bibliografía Fenner, Robert M.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionButterfly kingfish, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family
Slender Tuna
Allothunnus fallai
ScombridaePacific Bonito
Sarda chiliensis
ScombridaePacific Chub Mackerel
Scomber japonicus
ScombridaePacific Sierra
Scomberomorus sierra
ScombridaeAlbacore Tuna
Thunnus alalunga
ScombridaeBigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
ScombridaeWahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
ScombridaeSkipjack Tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
Scombridae