Carangidae

scad

Trachurus trachurus

Seventy Centimeters Carangid Fish from the Western Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), also known as the European horse mackerel or common scad, is a species of jack mackerel in the family Carangidae, which includes the jacks, pompanos and trevallies. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off Europe and Africa and into the south-eastern Indian Ocean. It is an important species in commercial fisheries and is listed as a Vulnerable species on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.