Pacific sierra
Species of fish
Pacific sierra | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Tribe: | Scomberomorini |
Genus: | Scomberomorus |
Species: | S. sierra |
Binomial name | |
Scomberomorus sierra Jordan and Starks in Jordan, 1895 |
The Pacific sierra (Scomberomorus sierra) also known as the Mexican sierra, is a ray-finned bony fish in the family Scombridae, better known as the mackerel family.[2] More specifically, this fish is a member of the tribe Scomberomorini, the Spanish mackerels.[3] It occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean from southern California to Antofagasta in Chile.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Collette, B.; Acero, A.; Canales Ramirez, C.; et al. (2011). "Scomberomorus sierra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170325A6748921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170325A6748921.en. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scomberomorus sierra". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ "Scomberomorus sierra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
![three large sierra fish hanging from hooks with a beach and ocean in the background.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Thazard_Sierra.jpg/180px-Thazard_Sierra.jpg)
External links
- Photos of Pacific sierra on Sealife Collection
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(tribe Scombrini)
Scomber (4 species) | |
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Rastrelliger (3 species) |
![Atlantic mackerel](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Scomber_scombrus_illustration.png/140px-Scomber_scombrus_illustration.png)
![Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Scomberomorus_commerson.png/140px-Scomberomorus_commerson.png)
![Greenback horse mackerel](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Trachurus_declivis_drawing.jpg/140px-Trachurus_declivis_drawing.jpg)
(tribe Scomberomorini)
mackerels
Jack mackerels (15 species) | |
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Snake mackerels (5 species) | |
Hexagrammidae (2 species) |
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