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Perilla L.
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Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Maximum size: 640 mm TL
Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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| Rights holder/Author | Susan M. Luna, FishBase |
| Source | http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=117 |
Major Threats
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| Rights holder/Author | International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
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| Common names: mackerel (English), caballa (Espanol), macarela (Espanol) Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 Pacific chub mackerel, Chub mackerel Body elongate, rounded; fatty eyelid covering nearly all of eye; teeth at front and sides of roof of mouth; 2 well separated dorsal fins; first dorsal with IX-X spines, distance between the 2 dorsals less than length of base of first dorsal fin; 5 finlets after second dorsal and anal fins; pectoral fins high; tail deeply forked; two small keels on each side of the slender tail base; lateral line simple; entire body covered with small scales. Silver; back with blackish, oblique wavy lines; no spotted lines on belly. Size: attains 64 cm. Habitat: epipelagic, coastal; occurs in schools and undergoes extensive summer migrations into temperate regions. Depth: 0- 300 m. Indo-Pacific; mainly in subtropical and temperate seas; in the eastern Pacific it ranges from Alaska to Chile and most of the offshore islands |
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| Source | http://neotropicalfishes.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/44317 |
64.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9015)); max. published weight: 2,900 g (Ref. 26550); max. reported age: 18 years (Ref. 35185)
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Feeding Group: Carnivore, Planktivore
Diet: octopus/squid/cuttlefish, Pelagic crustacea, zooplankton, pelagic fish eggs, pelagic fish larvae, bony fishes
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| Source | http://neotropicalfishes.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/44317 |
Least Concern (LC)
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| Source | http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=117 |
體紡錘形，稍側扁；背緣和腹緣淺弧形；尾柄細短，尾鰭基部兩側各具2條小隆起脊。頭中大，稍側扁。吻鈍尖，稍大於眼徑。眼中大，位近頭的背緣，具發達之脂性眼瞼。口大，端位，斜裂；上下頜等長，上下頜各具細齒一列，上頜齒有時不明顯；鋤骨、腭骨和舌上均無齒。鰓耙正常，第一鰓弓上之下枝鰓耙數為25-35。體及頰部被圓鱗；側線完全，沿背側延伸，伸達尾鰭基。第一背鰭具硬棘IX-X，與第二背鰭起點距離遠，其後具5個離鰭；臀鰭與第二背鰭同形；尾鰭深叉形。體背側藍黑色，具深藍色不規則之斑紋，班紋僅延伸至側線上下，側線下方無斑點；腹部銀白而微帶黃色。
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| Rights holder/Author | ©臺灣魚類資料庫 [published on TaiEOL] |
| Source | http://fishdb.sinica.edu.tw/chi/species.php?id=382494 |
to 50 cm fork length, common to 30 cm.