Scomber
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2026-08-05: itis_id 172411 via WoRMS external link
Scomber is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Scombridae living in the open ocean found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. The genus Scomber and the genus Rastrelliger comprise the tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels".W CalCOFI holds 2,991 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2022, across 2 taxa under it.R
- 2,991
- observations
- 2,991
- records
- 1
- sampling events
- 1951–2022
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 1
- species under it
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Scomber · code
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126063
Ways inExplorerdb-queryRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:126063")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:126063'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 1 taxon
- sp Scomber japonicus Pacific mackerel (chub mackerel)2,989
Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Scombrinae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Scomber australasicus · source
- Photo · Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · commons · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Scomber” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1363098943
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗