Carangidae

horse mackerel

Trachurus picturatus

Carangid Fish beneath the Mediterranean Sea

• Blue
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The blue jack mackerel (Trachurus picturatus) is a species of mackerel-like fish in the family Carangidae. Their maximum reported length is 60 cm, with a common length of 25 cm. They are coastal fish found at depths to 370 m off the Bay of Biscay to south Morocco and the western Mediterranean.