Japanese Spanish mackerel

Japanese Spanish mackerel
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Scomberomorus
Species:
S. niphonius
Binomial name
Scomberomorus niphonius
(Cuvier, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Cybium niphonium Cuvier, 1832
  • Sawara niphonia (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Cybium gracile Günther, 1873

The Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius), also known as the Japanese seer fish, is a species of true mackerel in the scombrid family (Scombridae). Their maximum reported length is 100 cm, and the maximum reported weight is 10.57 kg.

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