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Rastrelliger
Genus of fishes
Rastrelliger is a mackerel genus in the family Scombridae. The three species of Rastrelliger together with the four species of Scomber constitute the tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels".
01Species
The three species which comprise Rastrelliger are:
- Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851) (short mackerel)
- Rastrelliger faughni, Matsui, 1967 (island mackerel)
- Rastrelliger kanagurta, (Cuvier, 1816) (Indian mackerel)
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- Rastrelliger kanagurta JNC2855 with colour chart.JPG by Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 4.0
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