Genus Decapterus (Noun)
Meaning
Scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Decapterus genus, especially the mackerel scad, are highly migratory fish that are distributed globally in warm temperate waters.
- Research indicates that fish from the Decapterus genus exhibit seasonal shifts in distribution that seem to follow temperature gradients.
- Members of the genus Decapterus have a strong tendency to school, particularly the species Decapterus punctatus, often known as the round scad.
- These ocean fish species are particularly adept at using pelagic feeding habits that play to the opportunistic feeding strategies typical of genus Decapterus fish species.
- Despite efforts to reduce the species impact, populations of some genus Decapterus members such as scads especially mackerel scad face heavy overfishing threats in global fish markets today.