The Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) is a migratory species of mackerel that swims to the northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, and returns to southern Florida in the eastern Gulf, and to Mexico in the western Gulf in the fall.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic 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
- Scomberomorus sierra
- Scomberomorus cavalla
- Euthynnus alletteratus
- Scomberoides commersonnianus
- Scomberoides tol
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Scomberomorus
- Species
- Scomberomorus maculatus
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