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

Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782

Pacific Chub mackerel
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> 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).

Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet Ökologie

seewasser pelagic-neritic; ozeanodrom (Ref. 87829); tiefenbereich 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

Verbreitung Territorien | FAO Gebiete | Ökosysteme | Vorkommen | Punkt Karte | Einführungen | 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).

Länge bei der ersten Reifung / Größe / Gewicht / Alter

Geschlechtsreife: Lm 26.1  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 9015); common length : 30.0 cm FL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 168); max. veröff. Gewicht: 2.9 kg (Ref. 26550); max. veröff. Alter: 18 Jahre (Ref. 35185)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 9 - 11; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 11 - 12; Afterflossenstacheln: 1; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 12 - 14; Wirbelzahl: 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     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. 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).

Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | 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.

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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)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

  Harmless





Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: hoch kommerziell; Aquakultur: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja; Köder: usually

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Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex
(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).
Trophische Ebene
(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.
Widerstandsfähigkeit
(Ref. 120179)
mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (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.
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei
(Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈
Klimaanfälligkeit
(Ref. 125649)
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈
Preiskategorie
(Ref. 80766)
High.
Nährstoffe
(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.