Conservation Status

National Red List Status: NE

IUCN Red List Status: LC

Protection status: Not defined

Reason: N/A

Trend: Unknown

Georgian Name: სკუმბრია

English Name: Atlantic mackerel

SubSpecies: Scomber scombrus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844

Synonyms: Scomber glauciscus Pallas, 1814, Scomber scomber Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling) Scomber scriptus Couch, 1863 Scomber vernalis Mitchill, 1815 Scomber vulgaris Fleming, 1828 Scomber vulgaris Wood, 1837

Taxonomy according to: http://www.marinespecies.org;https://www.fishbase.in;https://www.iucnredlist.org;https://www.gbif.org

References: 1)Marine fishes in the Black Sea: recent conservation status.M. YANKOVA, D. PAVLOV, P. IVANOVA, E. KARPOVA, A. BOLTACHEV, B. ÖZTÜRK, L. BAT, M. ORAL and M. MGELADZE.Mediterranean Marine Science,30 May 2014;2)RED Data Bool Black Sea, Turkey,Turkish marine

Evaluated By: Mikeladze R, Mgeladze M, Goradze R, Japoshvili B, Epitashvili G, Kuljanishvili T.

Date evaluated: Nov 2021

Projects

Special Protection Areas (SPA) for birds in Georgia

Ethnobiology of fungi and lichens of Georgia