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Pacific sierra
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Tribe:	Scomberomorini
Genus:	Scomberomorus
Species:	S. sierra
Binomial name
Scomberomorus sierra Jordan and Starks in Jordan, 1895

The Pacific sierra (Scomberomorus sierra) also known as the Mexican sierra, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean from southern California to Antofagasta in Chile.

See also

• Mackerel as food

References

1. ^ Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Canales Ramirez, C.; et al. (2011). "Scomberomorus sierra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170325A6748921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170325A6748921.en. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scomberomorus sierra". FishBase. December 2012 version.
3. "Scomberomorus sierra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

External links

• Photos of Pacific sierra on Sealife Collection

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Spanish mackerels (tribe Scomberomorini)	Acanthocybium (1 species) Wahoo Grammatorcynus (2 species) Double-lined mackerel Shark mackerel Scomberomorus (18 species) Atlantic Spanish mackerel Australian spotted mackerel Broadbarred king mackerel Cero mackerel Chinese mackerel Indo-Pacific king mackerel Japanese Spanish mackerel Kanadi kingfish King mackerel Korean mackerel Monterrey Spanish mackerel Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Pacific sierra Papuan seerfish Queensland school mackerel Serra Spanish mackerel Streaked Spanish mackerel West African Spanish mackerel
Non-Scombrid mackerels	Jack mackerels (15 species) Atlantic horse mackerel Blue jack mackerel Cape horse mackerel Chilean jack mackerel Cunene horse mackerel Greenback horse mackerel Japanese jack mackerel Mediterranean horse mackerel Pacific jack mackerel Yellowtail horse mackerel African scad Arabian scad Crozet scad Rough scad Snake mackerels (5 species) Black snake mackerel Blacksail snake mackerel Snake mackerel Violet snake mackerel White snake mackerel Hexagrammidae (2 species) Okhotsk atka mackerel Atka mackerel
Related	Mackerel as food Scombroid food poisoning
Family Scombridae Subfamily Scombrinae Other Scombrids Butterfly kingfish (butterfly mackerel) Tunas (tribe Thunnini) Bonitos (tribe Sardini)

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