Common name of Scomberomorus semifasciatus
 
Common name Grey mackerel
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Australia
Locality Queensland
Ref. Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983
Life stage large adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks Uniform grey colour of dead adult fish accounts for the vernacular name 'grey mackerel'; 'mackerel', from Middel English 'makerel' of Middle French origin.
 
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