Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
- Scientific
- Scomberomorus commerson
- Dhivehi
- ގަޅިކުރު މަސްGalhi kurumas
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.4 m (fork length); commonly 1.2 m; max. published weight 70 kg (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 2.2 m
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf, recorded from 10 to 70 m
- IUCN status
- NT · Near ThreatenedNear Threatened (NT), assessed 2022
Description
A long, slender mackerel, blue-grey above with many thin wavy vertical bars on silvery sides, reaching about 2.4 m. It hunts small schooling fish along drop-offs and coastal waters.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name galhi kurumas (MRS 1997). MRS notes it is rare in the Maldives, with a few landed at the Malé fish market among the much more common wahoo, probably strays from Sri Lankan and Indian waters.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scomberomorus-commerson.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ގަޅިކުރު_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Scomberomorus_commerson_Philippines.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Galhi kurumas' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ގަޅިކުރު މަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form. FLAG: the source states no traditional name was recorded and this descriptive name was coined for the book; it is not an established fishermen's name.