Difference between horse mackerel and Spanish mackerel:

1, life habits

General horse mackerel juvenile crustaceans or fish as food, and grow up, it is mainly anchovies for food; and Spanish mackerel ferocious temperament, only in the June to mid-October of each year The Spanish mackerel is ferocious, only in June to mid-October every year to swim to the shallow water area to feed, because of its favorable physical conditions, can quickly kill the prey.

2, the distribution of stocks

General horse mackerel is mainly distributed in the western side of the North Pacific Ocean, in the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and the South China Sea and other areas of production. While Spanish mackerel is mainly distributed in the western side of the North Pacific Ocean, and also produced in the East Sea, Yellow Sea as well as near the Bohai Sea, the peak season is mainly in May and June.

3, morphological characteristics

General horse mackerel body is relatively long, about 25 to 50 centimeters, however, the largest individual can also be up to one meter long, most of its body is silver-gray, the body surface also contains a number of ripples and spots, the mouth is more pointed, teeth are also sharp, the back of a lot of fins; however, the Spanish mackerel's The tail is very thin, and each side of the body has three raised "ridges", of which the center ridge is the longest. It has many black spots on the side of the body and also contains many fins.