Trachurus (Noun)
Meaning
The scads (particularly horse mackerels).
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Trachurus species, particularly the horse mackerel, are widely distributed across the world's oceans.
- The scads, especially those belonging to the genus Trachurus, are often targeted by commercial fisheries.
- Horse mackerel, also known as Trachurus, are small, oily fish commonly used as bait or in the production of fishmeal.
- In the eastern Pacific, the species Trachurus symmetricus is often caught incidentally in sardine fisheries.
- The genus Trachurus includes several species of scads, such as the Japanese horse mackerel and the Mediterranean horse mackerel.