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What kind of fish is mackerel and where does it live?

Hank Schrader
2021-10-29 03:27:15
Mackerel is a fish of the genus Mackerel in the family Mackerel, order Perciformes, class Osteichthyes. They have a spindle-shaped body, a large head, a pointed snout, large and scaly eyes and mouth, a bluish-black back with dark blue spots, and a yellow-white abdomen. Mackerel is widely distributed in the world's sea areas, including the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. In China, it is mainly distributed in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Mackerel likes to eat meat, and fish, shrimp and cephalopods can be their food.
What kind of fish is mackerel and where does it live?

1. what

is the mackerel? Mackerel is also called "Qinghui" and "Japanese mackerel", which are also distributed in China. In terms of category, mackerel refers to the fish in the genus Mackerel of the family Mackerel of the order Perciformes of the class Osteichthyes. The fish has a spindle-shaped body, a large head, a sharp snout, large eyes and a large mouth. There is a layer of scales on the surface of their body, but this layer of scales is relatively small, so it is not easy to observe. The back of this fish is dark and dark, and there are some dark blue spots on it, which are irregular, while the belly is pale and yellowish white.

From the point of view of living environment, mackerel belongs to marine fish, and it is a very widely distributed marine fish all over the world, in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. However, because this kind of fish belongs to warm-water fish, that is to say, it has certain requirements for water temperature, so they are mainly distributed in lower latitudes, and the number in high latitudes is relatively small. In China, the distribution of mackerel is also very extensive, mainly in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Mackerel is a kind of fish that likes to eat meat. Fish, shrimp, cephalopods and so on can be their food. They also eat some plankton.

2. Where

does mackerel live? As mentioned above, mackerel belongs to marine fish in terms of living environment, and it is a kind of marine fish widely distributed in the world. Specifically, mackerel lives in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. However, it does not mean that mackerel is distributed in all three oceans, but generally lives in slightly lower latitudes, because the fish itself is a warm-water fish. In addition, from the point of view of the water layer, mackerel mainly lives in the middle and upper layers, especially in places with abundant organisms, where the number of mackerel is relatively large.

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