The narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) is a mackerel of the family Scombridae found in a wide-ranging area in Southeast Asia, but as far west as the east coast of Africa and from the Middle East and along the northern coastal areas of the Indian Ocean, and as far east as the South West Pacific Ocean.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Narrow-banded Spanish Mackerel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acanthocybium solandri
- Scomberomorus sierra
- Grammatorcynus bicarinatus
- Scomberomorus cavalla
- Scomberomorus regalis
- Grammatorcynus bilineatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Scomberomorus
- Species
- Scomberomorus commerson
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