"mackerel" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
subtypes:
- spanish mackerel - flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America
- smoked mackerel - mackerel cured by smoking
is a part of: common mackerel, scomber scombrus, shiner - important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
is a type of: scombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
subtypes:
- common mackerel, scomber scombrus, shiner - important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
- scomber colias, spanish mackerel - medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
- chub mackerel, scomber japonicus, tinker - small mackerel found nearly worldwide
- acanthocybium solandri, wahoo - large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
- spanish mackerel - any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
belongs to: family scombridae, scombridae - marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna