name: Pacific Jack Mackerel

flavor_db_name_variants: pacific jack mackerel

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Pacific jack mackerel

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name_scientific: Trachurus symmetricus

description: The Pacific jack mackerel,Trachurus symmetricus (also known as the Californian jack mackerel or simply jack mackerel), is an abundant species of pelagic marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is distributed along the western coast of North America, ranging from Alaska in the north to the Gulf of California in the south, inhabiting both offshore and inshore environments. The Pacific jack mackerel is a moderately large fish, growing to a maximum recorded length of 81 cm, although commonly seen below 55 cm. It is very similar in appearance to other members of its genus, Trachurus, especially Trachurus murphyi, which was once thought to be a subspecies of T. symmetricus, and inhabits waters further south. Pacific jack mackerel travel in large schools, ranging up to 600 miles offshore and to depths of 400 m, generally moving through the upper part of the water column.

itis_id: 168586

wikipedia_id: Pacific jack mackerel

picture_file_name: 388.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 69927

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:40:14.000Z

legacy_id: 415

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:38.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 271940

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00383