Family :Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos),subfamily: Scombrinae
Order : Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Shark mackerel
Fish Name : Grammatorcynus bicarinatus
Max size :112 cm FL (male/unsexed; Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 13.5 kg (Ref. 168)
Environment : reef-associated; oceanodromous ; depth range - 15 m
Climate : subtropical; 12°S - 37°S
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution : Western Pacific: known only from the northern coasts of Australia, south to Shark Bay in western Australia, along the east coast of Queensland south to northern New South Wales. Recently reported from the Gulf of Papua (Ref. 9684) and Ouvéa Atoll, Loyalty Islands (Ref. 13236).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 11-13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 11-13; Vertebrae: 31. Mouth relatively small, upper jaw reaching about to middle of eye. Pectoral fins stout. Interpelvic process short and single. No prominent anterior corselet present. Swim bladder present. Vertebrae 14 precaudal plus 17 caudal, total 31 as in the mackerels (Scomber and Rastrelliger).
Biology : Form schools near individual bays and reefs in Barrier Reef waters. With the rising tide, they move into shallow water over the reef flats, feeding on schools of clupeoid fishes that concentrate there. Utilized as a food fish
Dangerous :harmless

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Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : questionable
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses