Mackerel has wide eyes, blue-black stripes on its side, short and thin tail handle, two dorsal fins separated with a large distance, and only five small fins behind the dorsal fin and gluteal fin.

2. Meat contains a lot of histamine, which is easy to produce histamine when stored improperly, which will cause allergic food poisoning after eating.

3. Mackerel, because of its physical characteristics, is very similar to Spanish mackerel (Spanish mackerel), which is also commonly called silver carp by local fishermen. This kind of mackerel has a big mouth, big eyes, a bluish green back, a silvery white abdomen and dark insect-like markings on the back and back.

Mackerel is highly migratory and belongs to warm pelagic fish.

Mackerel is dark blue, and mackerel is a little green.

5. Spanish mackerel has a flat side, silvery white body color, dark stripes or bluish-black spots on its back, a big mouth, sharp teeth, fast swimming speed and fierce temperament. Generally, it is 260-520 mm long, the largest can reach 1 m or more, and weighs more than 20 kg.

Distributed in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean, it is found in the East Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in China. Spanish mackerel, a warm pelagic fish, feeds on small pelagic fish and migrates to the offshore in summer and autumn, and some of them enter the Bohai Sea to lay eggs. In autumn, it often feeds in groups near coastal islands and reefs, and is one of the economic fish in the northern waters.

Extended data

Mackerel, Scomber japonicus, with other Chinese names: Mackerel, Mackerel, Japanese Mackerel, common name Huahui, Youth League, Blue and White, is one of the Sparidae of the suborder Sparidae. Economical edible fish.

The main difference between mackerel and Spanish mackerel is that mackerel is short and thick, with turquoise patterns on its body, while Spanish mackerel is slender, with turquoise body and few black spots.

Mackerel and Spanish mackerel belong to marine fish. The body shape is basically similar, so it is often mistaken for the same kind of fish, commonly known as mackerel. The main differences between the two are:

Judging from the height: mackerel is tall and oval; Spanish mackerel is long and round.

Judging from the dorsal fin, the two dorsal fins of mackerel are far apart; The two dorsal fins of Spanish mackerel are close together.

From the tail fin, there are five small fat fins above and below the tail fin of mackerel; Spanish mackerel has 8-9 small fat fins on its tail.

Judging from the color, mackerel has a blue-black back with irregular dark blue stripes and a yellowish abdomen. The back of Spanish mackerel is black and blue, with many black round spots, and the abdomen is silver-gray and gray.

References:

Mackerel-Baidu Encyclopedia