Mackerel is a name used for various species of fish found mostly in the Scombridae family. Of the different types, the more commonly known mackerel are Cero, Atlantic, King and Spanish mackerel. Mackerels are known for their slim shape, numerous finlets and oily meat. The oily meat found on mackerel is where its main health benefits derive from. This fish oil, which is also known as omega-3 fatty acid, has shown to be so beneficial, it is made into a supplement. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. Mackerel is one of the highly recommended oily fish for a healthy diet. The common mackerel occurs along both coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina to Labrador and from Spain to Norway.
| Name | Mackerel fish |
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| Common/English Name | Maccarello, lacento |
| Name in Other Languages | Afrikaans: Makriel Albanian: Skumbri Arabic: Samk al’asqamri albahri (سمك الأسقمري البحري) Armenian: Skumbria (սկումբրիա) Azerbaijani: Skumbriya Bengali: Myākarala (ম্যাকরল) Basque: Berdela Belarusian: Skumbryja (скумбрыя) Bosnian: Skuša Bulgarian: Skumriya (скумрия) Catalan: Verat Chinese: Qīng yú (鲭鱼) Chichewa: Nsomba ya makerele Cebuano: Mackerel Croatian: Skuša Czech: Makrela Danish: Makrel Dutch: Makreel Estonian: Makrell Esperanto: Skombro Finnish: Makrilli Filipino: Linatsay French: Maquereau Galician : Cabalo German: Makrele Greek: Skoumprí (σκουμπρί) Georgian: Skumbria (სკუმბრია) Gujarati: Khādya dariyā’ī māchalī’ō (ખાદ્ય દરિયાઈ માછલીઓ) Haitian Creole: Makro Hausa: Mackerel Hebrew: מקרל Hindi: Chhotee samudree machhalee (छोटी समुद्री मछली) Hmong: Mackerel Hungarian: Makréla Icelandic: Makríl Irish: Ronnach Italian: Sgombro Igbo: Makarel Indonesian: Ikan kembung Javanese: Mackerel Japanese: Saba (サバ) Kannada: Baṅgaḍe (ಬಂಗಡೆ) Kazakh: Skwmbrïya (скумбрия) Khmer: Treisbaika (ត្រីស្បៃកា) Korean: Godeung-eo (고등어) Latvian: Skumbrija Latin: Lacertus Lithuanian: Skumbrė Lao: Pathu (ປາທູ) Malayalam: Ayalamatsyaṁ (അയലമത്സ്യം) Marathi : Anna mhaṇūna upayukta asā aṅgāvara paṭṭē asalēlā sāgarī māsā (अन्न म्हणून उपयुक्त असा अंगावर पट्टे असलेला सागरी मासा) Mongolian: Zagas (загас) Myanmar (Burmese): Myawwat aatt lan t tate ngarrsalout taitmyoe (မြောက်အတ္တလန္တတိတ်ငါးသလောက်တစ်မျိုး) Macedonian: Skuša (скуша) Maltese: Kavalli Malagasy: Maquereau Malay: Ikan kembung Maori: Tawatawa Nepali: Maikērala (मैकेरल) Norwegian: Makrell Persian: ماهی خال مخالی Polish: Makrela Portuguese: Cavalinha Romanian: Macrou Russian: Skumbriya (скумбрия) Serbian: Skuša (скуша) Slovak: Makrela Slovenian: Skuše Spanish: Caballa Swedish: Makrill Sinhala: Mækaral (මැකරල්) Sesotho: Mackerel Somali: Mackerel Swahili: Makrill Tajik: Mohii Xoldor (моҳии Холдор) Tamil: Kāṉāṅkeḷutti (கானாங்கெளுத்தி) Telugu: Mackerel Thai: Plā thū (ปลาทู) Turkish: Orkinos Ukrainian: Skumbriya (скумбрія) Urdu: قسم کی سمندری مچھلی Uzbek: Skumbriya Vietnamese: Cá thu Welsh: Macrell Yiddish: Makrel (מאַקרעל) Yoruba: Eja makereli Zulu: Mackerel |
| Growing Environment | Found in deep temperate and tropical waters. |
| Fish Shape & Size | 12 to 22 inches in length, slim and cylindrical shaped oily fish |
| Fish Color | Blue-green above with a silvery underbelly and twenty to thirty near vertical wavy black stripes running across their upper body |
| Flesh Color | Red color outer meat and light color inner meat. |
| Fish Weight | 4 to 10 pounds of weight |
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| Major Nutrition | Vitamin B-12 (Cobalamine) 16.72 µg (696.67%) Selenium, Se 45.4 µg (82.55%) Isoleucine 0.967 g (57.83%) Lysine 1.927 g (57.63%) Tryptophan 0.235 g (53.41%) Threonine 0.92 g (52.27%) Valine 1.081 g (51.18%) Histidine 0.618 g (50.16%) Leucine 1.705 g (46.13%) Total Fat (lipid) 15.67 g (44.77%) Protein 20.99 g (41.98%) Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 6.028 mg (37.68%) Phosphorus, P 245 mg (35.00%) Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) 0.405 mg (31.15%) Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.363 mg (27.92%) Magnesium, Mg 85 mg (20.24%) Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 0.871 mg (17.42%) Iron, Fe 1.38 mg (17.25%) Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.14 mg (11.67%) |
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| Calories in 1 fillet (88 g) | 231 K cal |