Double-lined mackerel

Double-lined mackerel
Drawing of Grammatorcynus bilineatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Grammatorcynus
Species:
G. bilineatus
Binomial name
Grammatorcynus bilineatus
(Rüppell, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Thynnus bilineatus Rüppell, 1836
  • Nesogrammus piersoni Evermann and Seale, 1907

The double-lined mackerel (Grammatorcynus bilineatus), is a species of Spanish mackerel (tribe Scomberomorini) in the family Scombridae. This species is sometimes also called the scad mackerel (not be confused with the mackerel scad in the Carangidae family).