Scomber japonicus, Pacific Chub mackerel : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish, bait

Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782

Pacific Chub mackerel
Waarneming toevoegen in Fish Watcher
Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Scomber japonicus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
Uploaden van uw Foto's en video's
 Afbeeldingen | Postzegels, munten, diversen. | Google afbeelding
Image of Scomber japonicus (Pacific Chub mackerel)
Scomber japonicus
Afbeelding van Howe, C.

Classificatie / Namen Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Scomber: Greek, skombros = tunny or mackerel, 1623 (Ref. 45335); japonicus: Named after Japan, its type locality (Ref. 6885).

Taxonomic Remarks
Northern Indian and Red Sea occurrences are Scomber australasicus and not Scomber japonicus (Ref. 27328).

Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied Ecologie

marien pelagic-neritic; oceanodroom (Ref. 87829); diepte 0 - 300 m (Ref. 168), usually 50 - 200 m (Ref. 35185). Subtropical; 10°C - 27°C (Ref. 35185); 61°N - 56°S, 17°E - 70°W

Verspreiding Gebieden | FAO regio's | Ecosystemen | Voorkomen | Verspreidingskaart | Introducties | Faunafri

Southeast Atlantic and Indo-Pacific: anti-tropical, from South Africa (Western Cape to Natal), Madagascar to Philippines, north to Russia and Gulf of Alaska, and south to Chile. Absent from Northern Indian Ocean and Red Sea.

Reports from Atlantic incl. Mediterranean are Scomber colias, and from Red Sea and northern Indian Ocean are Scomber australasicus (Ref. 27328).

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturiteit: Lm 26.1  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 9015); common length : 30.0 cm FL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 168); max. gepubliceerd gewicht: 2.9 kg (Ref. 26550); max. gerapporteerde leeftijd: 18 Jaren (Ref. 35185)

Korte beschrijving Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie

Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 9 - 11; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 11 - 12; Anale stekels: 1; Anale zachte stralen: 12 - 14; Wervels: 31. Interpelvic process small and single. No well developed corselet. Swim bladder present. First haemal spine posterior to first interneural process; 12 to 15 interneural bones under first dorsal fin. Anal fin spine conspicuous, clearly separated from anal rays but joined to them by a membrane. Back with narrow stripes which zigzag and undulate. Belly unmarked (Pacific population) or with wavy lines (Atlantic pop.) (Ref. 168). Caudal peduncle with 5 finlets on the upper and lower edge. Distance between dorsal fins shorter than or equal to the first dorsal fin base (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

A coastal pelagic species, to a lesser extent epipelagic to mesopelagic over the continental slope (Ref. 168). Are considered as straddling stock in the eastern central Pacific (Ref. 87829). Schooling by size is well developed and initiates at approximately 3 cm (Ref. 168); may also form schools with Sarda chiliensis, Trachurus symmetricus and Sardinops sagax (Ref. 9340). Adults stay near the bottom during the day; go up to the open water at night, (Ref. 5377) where they feed on copepods and other crustaceans, fishes and squids (Ref. 168). They spawn in batches (Ref. 51846). Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6769). In Asian waters, they move to deeper water and remain inactive during the winter season (Ref. 4576). Commercially cultured in Japan. Marketed fresh, frozen, smoked, salted and occasionally canned (Ref. 9684). Eaten fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

Spawning most often occurs at water temperatures of 15° to 20°C. Spawn in several batches with 250 to 300 eggs per g of fish with the total number of eggs per female ranging from 100,000 to 400,000.

Hoofdreferentie Upload uw referenties | Referenties | Coördinator : Collette, Bruce B. | Medewerkers

Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2):137 p. (Ref. 168)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Harmless





Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van groot commercieel belang; Aquacultuur: commercieel; sportvis: ja; aas: usually
FAO - visserij: soortsprofiel, landings search; Publication: search | FIRMS - Stock assessments | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Meer informatie

Trofische ecologie
Voedsel (prooien)
Dieetsamenstelling
Voedselconsumptie
Voedselrantsoenen
Predatoren
Ecologie
Ecologie
Populatiedynamica
Groeiparameters
Max. leeftijden / maten
Lengte-gewicht rel.
Lengte-lengte rel.
Lengtefrequenties
Massaconversie
Rekrutering
Abundantie
Levenscyclus
Voortplanting
Maturiteit
Rijpheid/kieuwen rel.
Fecunditeit
Paaien
Paaibestanden
Eieren
Ontwikkeling van de eieren
Larven
Larvale populatiedynamiek
Verspreiding
Gebieden
FAO regio's
Ecosystemen
Voorkomen
Introducties
BRUVS - Video's
Anatomie
Kieuwoppervlak
Hersenen
Otoliet
Fysiologie
Lichaamssamenstelling
Voedingsstoffen
Zuurstofverbruik
Type zwemmen
Zwemsnelheid
Visuele pigmenten
Vis geluid
Ziekten en parasieten
Toxiciteit (LC50)
Genetica
genoom
Genetica
Heterozygositeit
Erfelijkheid
Genetische diversiteit
Menselijk gerelateerd
Aquacultuursystemen
Aquacultuurprofielen
Kweeklijnen
Ciguatera gevallen
Postzegels, munten, diversen.
Outreach
Medewerkers
Taxonomie
Lokale namen
Synoniemen
Morfologie
Morfometrie
Afbeeldingen
Referenties
Referenties

Tools

E-boek | Veldgids | Determinatiesleutels | Lengtefrequentie Tool | Levenscyclus tool | Verspreidingskaart | Vangst-MSY |

Speciale rapporten

Bekijk gegevens voor het houden in een aquarium | Bekijk Fact Sheets voor de soort | Bekijk Aquacultuur Fact Sheets

Download XML

Overzichtspagina | Puntgegevens | Lokale namen | Foto's

Internetbronnen

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Bekijk FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Genus, Soort(en) | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - visserij: soortsprofiel, landings search; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | GoMexSI (interaction data) | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | Nationale databanken | OceanAdapt | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | OsteoBase: skull, spine | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | Publieke aquaria | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | RFE identificatie | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: ga naar, zoek | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record

Schattingen op basis van modellen

Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00741 (0.00665 - 0.00827), b=3.05 (3.02 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trofisch niveau
(Ref. 69278) 		3.4   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time 3.6 (3.1 - 5.0) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 24 growth studies.
Weerstandsvermogen
(Ref. 120179) 		Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (K=0.12-0.22; tm=2-3; tmax=18).
Rate of population increase Prior r = 0.35, 95% CL = 0.23 - 0.53, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij
(Ref. 59153) 		Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈
Kwetsbaarheid voor het klimaat
(Ref. 125649) 		Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈
Prijsklasse
(Ref. 80766) 		High.
Voedingsstoffen
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 48.8 [16.2, 118.3] mg/100g; Iron = 2.18 [0.83, 5.26] mg/100g; Protein = 20.9 [19.8, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.358 [0.247, 0.525] g/100g; Selenium = 98.1 [37.9, 229.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.7 [3.5, 60.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.846 [0.514, 1.358] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.