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Old 08-11-2014, 03:15 PM   #1
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Difference between spanish and green mackerel

Hi,

I here people talk about Spanish mackerels, but I don't know what they look like. I think the mackerel i'm most familiar with are what people are calling "green macs". Can someone point me to a picture of a "Spanish mackerel"?
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Old 08-11-2014, 03:20 PM   #2
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Pacific jack mackerel is its proper name.

A true Spanish mackerel looks like a king mackerel.
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Old 08-11-2014, 03:30 PM   #3
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Ah ok. Didn't realize Jack Mackerel = Spanish Mackerel
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Old 08-11-2014, 03:54 PM   #4
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Ah ok. Didn't realize Jack Mackerel = Spanish Mackerel
Wait no. Jack mackerel, pacific jack mackerel, pacific greenback mackerel are one same fish referred here as greenie
Spanish mackerel is spanish mackerel that looks like king mackerel and tastes yummy imo
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Old 08-11-2014, 03:58 PM   #5
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Wait no. Jack mackerel, pacific jack mackerel, pacific greenback mackerel are one same fish referred here as greenie
Wrong.
Jack mackerel are in the family carangidae w yellowtail.
Green mackerel are in Scombridae w tunas.

Edit: And everyone gets bonus point if they QUIT using Spanish to describe jack macks.

In Australia, a Spanish mackerel is like a King mackerel in the Atlantic. In the Atlantic a Spanish mackerel is like a Sierra mackerel, or a spotted mackerel in Australia. All in the tuna family.
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Old 08-11-2014, 03:57 PM   #6
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You can call it chihuil in Mexico. Sometimes they're called jurel when they're canned. Offshore, under pattys they get pretty big and take horse sardines, and are called Spanish jack in the reports, but they're just jack macks.

...and bonito are bonito.
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Old 08-11-2014, 05:19 PM   #7
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You can call it chihuil in Mexico. Sometimes they're called jurel when they're canned. Offshore, under pattys they get pretty big and take horse sardines, and are called Spanish jack in the reports, but they're just jack macks.

...and bonito are bonito.
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The locals in baja call yellowtail Jurel. Yes I know they are both jacks, but I have never heard of a mackerel called by Jurel.
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Old 08-11-2014, 05:56 PM   #8
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This is a jack mackerel, what people call a Spanish:


What sdspeed posted was a pacific green mackerel or chub mackerel aka greenie.

I can't believe there's this much confusion.

yakdout, I've only ever seen it as jurel in a can. But yes Jurel is generic for jack.
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Old 08-11-2014, 04:49 PM   #9
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Hi,

I here people talk about Spanish mackerels, but I don't know what they look like. I think the mackerel i'm most familiar with are what people are calling "green macs". Can someone point me to a picture of a "Spanish mackerel"?
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