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Blue jack mackerel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Carangidae
Genus:	Trachurus
Species:	T. picturatus
Binomial name
Trachurus picturatus (S. Bowdich, 1825)
Synonyms
Trachurus suareus (Risso in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833)

The blue jack mackerel (Trachurus picturatus) is a species of mackerel-like fish in the family Carangidae. Their maximum reported length is 60 cm, with a common length of 25 cm. They are coastal fish found at depths to 370 m off the Bay of Biscay to south Morocco and the western Mediterranean.

References

1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Trachurus picturatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198646A43156817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198646A43156817.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ "Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trachurus picturatus". FishBase. March 2012 version.

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