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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Chub Mackerel (Mackerel, Chub; Scomber japonicus)

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Nomenclature Table

RFE LinkFDA - SL Market Name
FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
RFE 8 Letter Code		FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS 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






Chub MackerelFDA-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.

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageChub Mackerel
Scomber japonicus
Mackerel, Chub		A-PCosmopolitan, inhabiting the warm and temperate transition waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans and adjacent seas.
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