SHARK MACKEREL

Grammatorcynus bicarinatus

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Grammatorcynus bicarinatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)

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  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Perch-like fishes +
      - Mackerels, tunas, bonitos +
        
        Grammatorcynus +
        
        Shark mackerel
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Form schools near individual bays and reefs in Barrier Reef waters. With the rising tide, they move into shallow water over the reef flats, feeding on schools of clupeoid fishes that concentrate there. Utilized as a food fish.

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