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Atlantic Spanish Mackerel

Scomberomorus maculatus

Classification

The Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) is a migratory species of mackerel that swims to the northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, and returns to southern Florida in the eastern Gulf, and to Mexico in the western Gulf in the fall. Description The fish exhibits a green back; its sides are silvery marked with about three rows of round to elliptical yellow spots. The lateral line gradually curves down from the upper end of the gill cover toward caudal peduncle.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 653Mexico · 3France · 2