Definition of Scomber colias

1. Noun. Medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Spanish Mackerel
Generic synonyms: Mackerel
Group relationships: Genus Scomber, Scomber
Terms within: Spanish Mackerel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scomber Colias

Sclerodermataceae
Sclerodermatales
Scleroparei
Sclerostoma
Sclerotiniaceae
Scobey
Scolopacidae
Scolopax
Scolopax rusticola
Scolopendrium nigripes
Scolymus
Scolymus hispanicus
Scolytidae
Scolytus
Scolytus multistriatus
Scomber colias
Scomber japonicus
Scomber scombrus
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesox
Scomberesox saurus
Scomberomorus
Scomberomorus cavalla
Scomberomorus maculatus
Scomberomorus regalis
Scomberomorus sierra
Scombresocidae
Scombresox
Scombridae
Scombroidea

Literary usage of Scomber colias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"It is true that the scomber colias formerly monopolized the term Spanish mackerel, ... Mr. Powel was very certain that it was scomber colias. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1881)
"Mr. Powel was very certain that it was scomber colias. However no specimen is known to exist in any Museum. But ,the vernacular still has a use for the name ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"... it appears to present some characters tolerably marked. M. Risso considers this as the scomber colias of Gmelin, and the same which is called at Nice ..."

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