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Trachurus trachurus Atlantic Horse Mackerel

Trachurus trachurus is commonly referred to as Atlantic Horse Mackerel. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Trachurus trachurus, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024


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lexID:
4914 
AphiaID:
126822 
Scientific:
Trachurus trachurus 
German:
Bastardmakrele, Holzmakrele, Stöcker 
English:
Atlantic Horse Mackerel 
Category:
Makrillfiskar 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Trachurus (Genus) > trachurus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
West Sahara, Ghana, Russland, Straße von Gibraltar, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Iceland, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Portugal, Scandinavia, Senegal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
0 - 1050 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
8.66" - 27.56" (22cm - 70cm) 
Weight:
2 kg 
Temperature:
10,6 °F - 16,6 °F (10,6°C - 16,6°C) 
Food:
Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Sepia 
Difficulty:
suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-11-28 20:44:57 

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Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution:
Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic: Norway to South Africa, round the coast to Maputo.

Adults form large schools in coastal areas with sandy substrate.
Feed on fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods. Are batch spawners.
Females lay 140,000 eggs, which hatch into 5mm long larvae. Eggs are pelagic.
Divided into two stocks: West stock and North Sea stock. West stock spawns in a belt from the Biscay to Ireland in early spring, migrates north and eastwards to southern Norway and northern North Sea.
North Sea stock spawns in the southern North Sea in summer, migrates to central North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat.

Synonymised names
Caranx trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Scomber trachurus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Trachurus europaeus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Trachurus saurus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trachurus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted

Direct children (1)
Subspecies Trachurus trachurus capensis Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Trachurus capensis Castelnau, 1861

External links

  1. FishBase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Trachurus trachurus, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024
Trachurus trachurus, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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