#2146 · 🐟 fish
Atlantic Horse Mackerel
🇳🇱 Horsmakreel ·Trachurus trachurus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Bernat Garrigós · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © tony rebelo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © carel van der Colff · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. © Dewald du Plessis · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Atlantic horse mackerel ( Trachurus trachurus ) is a species of jack mackerel in the family Carangidae. It gets its common name from the legend that other smaller species of fish could ride on its back over great distances. ), common scad , scad , and saurel .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 6 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 457 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Atlantic Horse Mackerel
- Nederlands
- Horsmakreel
- scientific name
- Trachurus trachurus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Carangiformes
- family
- Carangidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 6
- sightings in Europe
- 152
- sightings worldwide
- 457
- GBIF records in NL
- 22,077
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Carangidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118695, Wikidata Q842956, GBIF 5210473, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.