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	<dc:identifier>FB-117</dc:identifier>
	<dc:source>http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=117</dc:source>
	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Scombriformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Scombridae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Scomber</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Tangigue</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Adinges</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Makrela austalijska</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Cavala-pintada</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Buraw</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Saramulyete</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Indo-pacifisk makrel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Blue mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Common mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>English mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Japanese mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Pacific mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Slimy mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Southern mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spotted chub mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spotted mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Austraalia makrell</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Maquereau tacheté</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Salmon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Gomasaba</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Goma-saba</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Marusaba</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>Chǒm-go-dǔng-ǒ</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>Mang-ch'i-go-dǔng-ǒ</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ko'>망치고등어</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mi'>Tawatawa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Aya</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Tenggiri biru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Tulai (Bajau)</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ms'>Tulai-tulai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Avstralijskaya skumbraya</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>макрель австралийская</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Скумбрия австралийская</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Blå makrill</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Blåmakrill</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Stillahavsmakrill</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Alumahan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Taniguing puti</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='uk'>Скумбрія австралійська</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='uk'>Скумбрія блакитна</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Caballa pintoja</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Macarela azul</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Macarela pintoja</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Ào zhōu tái</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Bulao-bulao</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Lumahan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mataan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Sinja skuša</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Xiá tóu tái</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>澳洲鮐</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>澳洲鯖</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>澳洲鲐</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>澳洲鲭</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>狭头鲐(胡麻鲐)</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>狭头鲭</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>狹頭鮐(胡麻鮐)</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>狹頭鯖</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>花腹鯖</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>花腹鲭</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>花飞</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>青辉</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Pneumatophorus japonicus tapeinocephalus (Bleeker, 1854)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Pneumatophorus tapeinocephalus (Bleeker, 1854)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Scomber antarcticus Castelnau, 1872</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Scomber tapeinocephalus Bleeker, 1854</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1990-10-17</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-01-15</dcterms:modified>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50681&amp;speccode=116'>Collette, B.B. 2003 Family Scombridae Rafinesque 1815 - mackerels, tunas, and bonitos. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (19):28. (Ref. 50681)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4931&amp;speccode=116'>FAO 1992 FAO yearbook. Fishery statistics: catches and landings. Vol. 70: 1990. FAO Fish. Ser. 38:647 p. (Ref. 4931)</reference>
	<reference isbn='0-913235-53-9' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4537&amp;speccode=116'>Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6822&amp;speccode=116'>Lewis, A.D., B.R. Smith and C.P. Ellway 1983 A guide to the common tuna baitfishes of the South Pacific Commission area. South Pacific Commission, Handbook No. 23, Noumea, New Caledonia. (Ref. 6822)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=137577&amp;speccode=116'>Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and … 2022 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40637&amp;speccode=116'>IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9563&amp;speccode=116'>May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell 1986 Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p. (Ref. 9563)</reference></dataObject>
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