Aokawa fish is mackerel, mackerel, perch order, mackerel family, mackerel genus. It is also known as: mackerel, oil carcass fish, mackerel, flower pool fish, flower bar, flower anchovy, blue Jim, flower herring, barangay, mackerel mackerel. Body stout, fusiform, caudal peduncle sturdy; caudal fin base with two longitudinal elevated crests on each side.

The head is large, pointed and thin at the anterior end, conical in shape. Eyes large, high positioned, with well-developed blubbery eyelids. Upper and lower jaws equal in length; teeth fine, one row each of upper and lower jaw teeth. Lateral line distinct. Two dorsal fins. Dorsum of body greenish blue. With irregular dark blue transverse stripes or markings. The markings extend below the lateral line. A marine migratory pelagic fish, strong swimmer and fast.

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Life Habits of the Mackerel: The mackerel is a pelagic, warm-water fish that does not enter fresh water. It swims a long distance every year. It has great swimming ability and speed.

Spring and summer inhabits the upper middle and is active above the thermocline, and tends to form large schools that move to the surface during the breeding season. Optimal fishing temperatures range between 8 and 24 degrees Celsius, with maximum fishing temperatures between 14 and 16 degrees Celsius. They have phototropic breeding habits.

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