The Spanish mackerel is a kind of sea fish, also known as mackerel , belongs to the Spanish mackerel family.

The Spanish mackerel is laterally compressed, overall long, teeth are very sharp, its back is mainly dark blue, the abdomen is mainly gray-white, in the sea has a very good camouflage effect, it has two caudal fins, pectoral fins and caudal fins are relatively small, the caudal fin is larger and with a lot of fins spines.

The Spanish mackerel lives mainly in the sea, generally in the middle and upper reaches of the activities, the main feeding time is in the evening to dawn the next day, to small fish and shrimp as the main object of prey, and there is also in the prey it does not like the static small animals, like to chase. Spanish mackerel swimming speed is very fast, teeth are also very sharp, so a lot of small fish and shrimp see it is very afraid.

Population Distribution

The Spanish mackerel is now mainly distributed in the Arctic Ocean basin, in our country, then, mainly exists in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and a few other waters. In Zhoushan and Lianyungang areas exist the most important fishing grounds in China, where you can enjoy fishing for Spanish mackerel.

Additionally, there are two main types of Spanish mackerel, one is the mackerel and the other is the swallow Spanish mackerel, the former is smaller in size and is not the main object of consumption, the latter is.