horse mackerel

English

Noun

horse mackerel (plural horse mackerels)

1. Any of several large fishes of many species:
   1. Alectis indica (Indian threadfish)
   2. Atule (certain scads)
   3. Caranx spp. (certain trevallies)
   4. Carangoides spp. (island jacks)
   5. Gnathanodon speciosus (golden trevally)
   6. Megalaspis cordyla (torpedo scad)
   7. Sarda sarda (Atlantic bonito)
   8. Sarda australis (Australian bonito)
   9. Selar crumenophthalmus (bigeye scad)
   10. Naucrates ductor (pilot fish)
   11. Trachurus spp. (jack mackerels).

Derived terms

• Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)
• Cape horse mackerel (Trachurus capensis)
• Chilean horse mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)
• greenback horse mackerel (Trachurus declivis)
• Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus)
• yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae)

Translations

Sarda australis

pilot fish — see pilot fish

jack mackerel — see jack mackerel

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} bolmán m, ^{(please verify)} bolmán Atlantach m
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} cârré m (Jersey)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} istavrit (tr)