Scientific Name	Scomber australasicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cuvier, 1832	Depth	0 - 200M
Chinese	花腹鯖	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯖科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F475　Scombridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	澳洲鯖
Max Length	44 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花飛、青輝、飛威(澎湖)、青飛(澎湖)、胡麻鯖
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	King George's Sound, W. Australia
Synonyms	Pneumatophorus japonicus tapeinocephalus, Pneumatophorus tapeinocephalus, Scomber antarcticus, Scomber tapeinocephalus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1831 Chang, K.H. etc. 1970 Jeng, S.S. etc. 1972 Chang, K.H. etc. 1977 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Baker, E.A. etc. 1998
Specimen List	ASIZP0054370. ASIZP0054420. ASIZP0054524. ASIZP0058171. ASIZP0058966. ASIZP0059356. ASIZP0062757. ASIZP0065855. ASIZP0065867. ASIZP0075271. ASIZP0075655. ASIZP0075669. ASIZP0075812. ASIZP0075884. ASIZP0077074. ASIZP0077905. ASIZP0700052. ASIZP0801069. ASIZP0801070. ASIZP0806200. ASIZP0911069. ASIZP0911070. ASIZP0916200. FRIP20012. NMMBP02749. NMMBP08685. NMMSTP00458. NTMP0810. SIO66-465. SU49373.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Southern mackerel; Pacific mackerel; Slimy mackerel; Spotted chub mackerel; Spotted mackerel; Chub mackerel; Common mackerel; Blue mackerel; Japanese mackerel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and rounded. Snout pointed; front and hind margins of eye covered by an adipose eyelid; teeth in upper and lower jaws small and conical; palatine narrow, with teeth in single or double rows; when double, rows close and running into each other. First dorsal fin with XI to XII spines; the second with 11 to 12 rays followed by 5 finlets; anal fin with 11 or 12 rays followed by 5 finlets; pectoral fins with 20 to 21 rays. Swimbladder present. No well developed corselet but body covered with rather small scales. Back with narrow oblique lines which zigzag and undulate; the belly is pearly white and marked with thin, wavy broken lines.
habitats	Occurs in coastal waters and also in oceanic waters. Schooling by size which may include jack mackerels and Pacific sardines. They are plankton feeders filtering copepods and other crustaceans, but adults also feed on small fish and squids. Also caught wi
Distribution	Western Pacific Ocean from China and Japan to Australia and New Zealand, east to the Hawaiian Islands but relatively rare in tropical waters. Eastern Pacific: Socorro and Revillagigedo islands, Mexico. It is very common in all Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried-salted, smoked, canned and frozen.