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RFE Link | FDA - SL Market Name FDA - SL Common Name FDA - SL Scientific Name RFE 2 Letter Code RFE 8 Letter Code | FDA - SL Vernacular Names | AFS Common Name AFS Scientific Name AFS Other Names AFS Synonyms | FAO Scientific Name FAO Species Code FAO Common Name English FAO Common Name French FAO Common Name Spanish | FAO Synonyms |
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Chub Mackerel | FDA-SL Market Name: Mackerel, Chub FDA-SL Common Name: Chub Mackerel FDA-SL Sci. Name: Scomber japonicus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: sj FDA RFE 8 Letter code: scomjapo | Vernac. 1) Common Mackerel Vernac. 2) Japanese Mackerel Vernac. 3) Pacific Mackerel Vernac. 4) Spanish Mackerel | AFS Common Name: Chub Mackerel AFS Sci. Name: Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. | FAO Sci. Name: Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 FAO Species Code: SCOMBR Scom 2 FAO Common English: Chub Mackerel FAO Common French: Maquereau espagnol FAO Common Spanish: Estornino | FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782; Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem 20 (2):331 (Japan) FAO Synonyms: Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789; Scomber pneumatophorus Delaroche, 1809; Scomber macrophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810a; Scomber grex Mitchill, 1815; Scomber capensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831; Scomber maculatus Couch, 1832; Scomber undulatus Swainson, 1839; Scomber gracilis Swainson, 1839; Scomber saba Bleeker, 1854; Scomber janesaba Bleeker, 1854; Scomber dekayi Storer, 1855; Scomber diego Ayres, 1857; Pneumatophorus japonicus - Starks, 1922; Pneumatophorus colias - Starks, 1922; Pneumatophorus grex - Jordan & Hubbs, 1925; Pneumatophorus diego - Jordan & Hubbs, 1925; Pneumatophorus peruanus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925; Scomber gigas Fowler, 1935; Pneumatophorus japonicus marplatensis López, 1955; Scomber japonicus colias - Padoa 1956; Scomber peruanus - Fitch & Craig, 1964. |
Thumbnail | Seafood List (Common, Genus/Species, Market) | Occurence (AFS) | Occurence (FAO) |
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Chub Mackerel Scomber japonicus Mackerel, Chub | A-P | Cosmopolitan, inhabiting the warm and temperate transition waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans and adjacent seas. |
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