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Distribution: Atlantic Ocean Size: 60 cm Life Span: 20 years Diet: Carnivorous Social life: Schools IUCN red list status: Least Concern Mackerel are fast-swimming fish related to tuna, inhabiting both temperate and tropical seas. They primarily live along coasts or in offshore oceanic environments, though they may venture into deeper waters during winter, where they enter a period of relative inactivity. For the remainder of the year, mackerel migrate across vast oceanic distances. Their bodies are covered with small, silver, blue and green scales, with females generally growing larger than males. Mackerel form schools and feed on small fish, squid, and small crustaceans. They are highly prolific breeders, spawning near the water’s surface, as their eggs are buoyant. Each female can lay between 300,000 and 1,500,000 eggs in a single season. ## Keywords animals chordates ray perch-likes Mackerels
