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Australian spotted mackerel 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreAustralian spotted mackerel A large coastal mackerel from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1980 WorldBlue mackerel A small, fast pelagic fish found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldAtlantic chub mackerel A small, silvery mackerel found in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldIsland mackerel A small true mackerel found across the Indo-Pacific region.Tuna · Open ocean Latin America and the CaribbeanSerra Spanish mackerel A western Atlantic mackerel species often confused with its northern cousin.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1978 🇳🇴 Norway and 2 moreAtlantic mackerel Fast-swimming, oily fish of the North AtlanticTuna · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreJapanese jack mackerel A silver coastal fish prized in East Asian cuisine.Tuna · Coasts and shelves 🇨🇱 Chile and 3 moreChilean jack mackerel A pelagic fish vital to global fisheries and salmon feed.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1920 Bonito WorldBonito Medium-sized predatory fish in the mackerel and tuna familyTuna · Coasts and shelves WorldLongfin mako shark A rare, deep-water mackerel shark with long pectoral finsShark · Open ocean · 1966 WorldGreat white shark A large, globally distributed predator known for its size and apex status in marine ecosystems.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758 Striped bonito WorldStriped bonito A marine fish in the mackerel and tuna family.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldCero A spotted and striped Spanish mackerel of the western Atlantic.Tuna · Coasts and shelves Butterfly kingfish OceaniaButterfly kingfish A rare, warm-blooded mackerel of southern oceans.Tuna · Open ocean 🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreSnoek A long, thin snake mackerel found in the Southern Hemisphere seas.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1791 WorldEscolar Deep-ocean fish with high oil content often mislabelled as tuna.Other · Coasts and shelves WorldAtlantic bonito A mackerel-like game fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves WorldBullet tuna Small, slender tuna found in tropical oceans worldwide.Tuna · Open ocean WorldSalmon shark A warm-blooded mackerel shark of the northern PacificShark · Coasts and shelves WorldCrocodile shark Smallest living mackerel shark with large eyes and oily liverShark · Open ocean · 1936 WorldPorbeagle A fast, cold-water mackerel shark found in the Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1788 WorldMegalodon Extinct giant mackerel shark from the Miocene to Pliocene epochs.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1843 WorldCretoxyrhina Extinct Cretaceous mackerel shark known as the Ginsu sharkShark · Open ocean · 1822 WorldOilfish Deep-sea snake mackerel with oily, laxative flesh.Other · Open ocean

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