Spanish Mackarel

Scomberomorini is a tribe of ray-finned saltwater bony fishes that is commonly known as the Spanish mackerels, seerfishes or seer fish. This tribe is a subset of the mackerel family – a family that it shares with three sister tribes, the tunas, mackerels, and bonitos, and the butterfly kingfish.

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Local Names: Maladyong, Tangigi, Tanguigue,Tanigi .Spaniards, Tanguigue, Narrow-Barred Spanish Mackerel.

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Spanish Mackerel is a shallow water species, preferring sand bottom in depths of 10 to 40 feet. They feed on small fishes with lesser quantities of shrimps and squids.