Common name: Blue Jack Mackerel.
Scientific name: Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825)
Family: Carangidae
Distribution and Habitat: Pelagic species that may be found in up to 370 m depth.
Description: Its back is bluish grey or greenish and its belly is silver-coloured. It has a black spot on the upper edge of the operculum. It reaches up to 60 cm in length.
Conservation statute and Threats: Not evaluated.
Observations: Caught with surrounding fishing nets. In continental Portugal, however, the small ones are called scads and the big ones are what they call blue jack mackerel.
