Fishing Species
Spanish Mackeral Fish Species Information
Spanish Mackeral bigfishtackle PM
| Label | Details |
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| Scientific Fish Name: | Scomberomorus maculatus |
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| Regions Fished: | northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, return to south Florida in eastern gulf, and to Mexico in western gulf in fall. |
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| Additional Information: | Spanish mackerel are voracious, opportunistic, carnivores. As with other members of the genus, food consists mainly of small fishes with lesser quantities of shrimp and squid. Striped anchovies (Engraulidae) and clupeoids such as menhaden, alewives and thread herring (Opisthonema), are particularly important forage in North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Veracruz. The percentage of anchovies consumed is higher for juveniles than for adults. |