rastrelliger
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Rastrelliger kanagurta JNC2855 with colour chart.JPG
| image_caption = Rastrelliger kanagurta
| taxon = Rastrelliger
| authority = Jordan and Starks in Jordan and Dickerson, 1908
| type_species = Scomber brachysoma
| type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1851
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}
Rastrelliger is a mackerel genus in the family Scombridae. The three species of Rastrelliger together with the four species of Scomber comprise the tribe Scombrini, known as the "true mackerels".
Species
The three species which comprise Rastrelliger are:{{FishBase genus|genus=Rastrelliger|month=February|year=2018}}
- Rastrelliger brachysoma (Bleeker, 1851) (short mackerel)
- Rastrelliger faughni, Matsui, 1967 (island mackerel)
- Rastrelliger kanagurta, (Cuvier, 1816) (Indian mackerel)
References
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External links
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Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Category:Taxa named by Edwin Chapin Starks
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