Mackerel fish, sometimes indicating the fish has vertical stripes similar to a scombroid mackerel: By extension, the term is applied also to other species such as the mackerel tabby cat, and to inanimate objects such as the altocumulus mackerel sky cloud formation. Most mackerel belong to the family Scombridae, which also includes tuna and bonito. Generally mackerel are much smaller and slimmer than tuna, though in other respects they share many common characteristics. Their scales, if present at all, are extremely small. Like tuna and bonito, mackerel are voracious feeders, and are swift and manoeuvrable swimmers, able to streamline themselves by
Black snake mackerel Black snake mackerel The black snake mackerel ("Nealotus tripes") is a species of snake mackerel found worldwide in both tropical and temperate waters where they are found at depths of from making diel vertical migrations from mesopelagic depths to the surface at night. It can reach a length of SL though most do not exceed SL. It is important to local peoples as a food fish. This species is currently the only known member of its genus, Nealotus. That genus is therefore said to be monotypic. As all fish, the black snake mackerel has a variety of parasites. A study