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Chinese mackerel
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Tribe:	Scomberomorini
Genus:	Scomberomorus
Species:	S. sinensis
Binomial name
Scomberomorus sinensis (Lacepède, 1800)
Synonyms
Scomber sinensis Lacepède, 1800 Cybium sinensis (Lacepède, 1800) Cybium chinense Cuvier, 1832 Scomberomorus chinense (Cuvier, 1832) Scomberomorus chinensis (Cuvier, 1832) Cybium cambodgiense Durand, 1940 Scomberomorus cambodgiense (Durand, 1940)

The Chinese mackerel (Scomberomorus sinensis), also known as the Chinese seerfish, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family. More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels. It is a marine species occurring in the Western Pacific Ocean, but it also enters the Mekong River.

See also

• Korean mackerel
• Mackerel as food

References

1. Collette, B.B.; Chang, S.-K. (2023). "Scomberomorus sinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T170346A170088828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T170346A170088828.en. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
2. "Scomberomorus sinensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scomberomorus sinensis". FishBase. February 2018 version.

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Related	Mackerel as food Scombroid food poisoning
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