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Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855)

Pacific jack mackerel
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Mexico country information

Common names: Charrito, Charrito chícharo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Ranges from the western coast of Baja California and from the Gulf of California to Jalisco (Ref. 9283). Recorded from several localities in Baja California Sur (Ref. 37955). Also Ref. 9988.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Trachurus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335);  symmetricus: From symmetricus which means regularly formed - referring to the rough tail (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Ayres.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia


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