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Scomber colias

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Aegean Prehistory – Study Center for East Crete (INSTAP-SCEC) Pacheia Ammos, G- 72200 lerapetra, Crete (Greece)

Description

Scomber colias (Gmelin, 1789) 4 –

Chub mackerel, ϗολιός

The maximum length for chub mackerel is 64 cm and its maximum weight is 2.9 kg, while commonly they may be about 30 cm long (Froese & Pauly 2019). In the Aegean Sea, these sizes appear to be considerably lower (Papanastasiou 1976: 508). Chub mackerel are found both in the Aegean and in the Southern Black Sea (Hernández & Ortega 2000: 9). They school with other pelagic fish such as other members of their genus or sardines (Froese & Pauli 2019). Adults stay near the seafloor during the day and ascend to the surface at night; thus, they are often caught at nighttime, attracted by lights. In the Aegean, they approach the coast in summer. Schools comprise fish of similar size; those of adults are more compact and structured (Collette & Nauen 1983). Spawning season is in summer. In the Black Sea, spawning is reported to take place from June to August, and in the Sea of Marmara from May to July (Hernández & Ortega 2000: 13, table 3, with references).

Notes

Published as part of Mylona, Dimitra, 2021, Catching tuna in the Aegean: biological background of tuna fisheries and the archaeological implications, pp. 23-37 in Anthropozoologica 56 (2) on page 29, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2021v56a2, http://zenodo.org/record/4486342

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038687A95A6E2D5FE50FFE17FB79FB94

Is part of
Journal article: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2021v56a2 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4486342 (URL)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/8571/taxon/038687A95A6E2D5FE50FFE17FB79FB94.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Scombridae
Genus
Scomber
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perciformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Species
colias
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Scomber colias (Gmelin, 1789) sec. Mylona, 2021

References

  • FROESE R. & PAULY D. (EDS) 2019. - FishBase. www. fishbase. org, last consultation on 6 January 2021.
  • PAPANASTASIOU D. 1976. - AΛΙΕUμΑΤΑ Vol. A. ' Ιων, Athens, 655 p.
  • HERNANDEZ J. J. C. & ORTEGA A. T. S. 2000. - Synopsis of biological data on the chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782). FAO Fisheries Synopsis (157), vii + 77 p.
  • COLLETTE B. B. & NAUEN C. E. 1983. - Scombrids of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalog of Tuna, Mackerels, Bonitos and Related Species Known to Date. FAO (coll. FAO Species Catalog; 2), Rome, 137 p.