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Atlantic horse mackerel
| Atlantic horse mackerel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | Trachurus |
| Species: | T. trachurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachurus trachurus | |
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The Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), also known as the European horse mackerel or common scad, is a species of jack mackerel in the family Carangidae, which includes the jacks, pompanos and trevallies. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off Europe and Africa and into the south-eastern Indian Ocean. It is an important species in commercial fisheries and is listed as a Vulnerable species on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Sidibe, A.; Nunoo, F.; Lindeman, K.; Williams, A.B.; Quartey, R.; Camara, K.; Carpenter, K.E.; Montiero, V.; de Morais, L.; Djiman, R.; Sylla, M.; Sagna, A. (2015). "Trachurus trachurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198647A43157137. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198647A43157137.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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