Fish of the Scomber genus of the tribe Scombrini of the subfamily Scombrinae of the Scombridae family of the Scombroidei suborder of the Scombriformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Atlantic chub mackerel. Photo by © Pedro Niny Duarte(c)ImagDOP. fishbase.org)
Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) was first described in 1789 by the German doctor, botanist, and chemist Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748-1804).
It is a pelagic schooling species. It inhabits the depths of up to 300 meters, usually 50-200 meters. The maximum recorded length is 64 cm, specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 2,9 kilograms. It feeds on fish, crustaceans, and squid. Adult fish in the daytime are near the bottom, at night they rise closer to the surface.
(Atlantic chub mackerel. Photo by © Daryl Ewing, Sligo Boat Charters. offthescaleangling.ie)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) in other languages as follows:
Kolo (Albanian), Атлантическо-средиземноморска скумрия (Atlantichesko-sredizemnomorska skumrija) (Bulgarian), Spaanse makreel (Dutch), Κολιός (Koliós) (Greek), Kolias (Hebrew), Estornino (Spanish), Maccarello (Italian), Mittelmeermakrele (German), Makrela kolias (Polish), Сavala (Portuguese), Colios (Romanian), Африканская скумбрия (Afrikanskaja skumbrija) (Russian), Lokarda (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian), Kolyoz (Turkish), Maquereau espagnol (French).