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	<dwc:Genus>Argyropelecus</dwc:Genus>
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	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Australsk kongemakrel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Australian seerfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Australian spotted mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Japanese Spanish mackerel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Munro's Spanish mackerel</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spotty</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Austraalia kuningmakrell</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Thazard australien</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Carite australiano</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Bariles</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>澳洲馬鮫</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>澳洲马鲛</commonName>
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	<dc:description>Interpelvic process small and bifid.  Lateral line gradually curving down toward caudal peduncle.  Intestine with 2 folds and 3 limbs.  Swim bladder absent.  Body covered with small scales.  Sides with several poorly defined rows of round spots, larger than pupil but smaller than eye diameter.  The inner surface of the pectoral fin is dark blue, the cheeks and belly silvery white, the anal fin and anal finlets light silvery gray, and the dorsal fin black, bright steely blue when fresh.</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=168&amp;speccode=129'>Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen 1983 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2):137 p. (Ref. 168)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Dorsal spines (total): 20 - 22; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 20;  Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 17 - 19; Vertebrae: 50 - 52</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=168&amp;speccode=129'>Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen 1983 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2):137 p. (Ref. 168)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Western Pacific:  restricted to the northern coast of Australia, from the Abrolhos Islands region of Western Australia to Coffs Harbor and Kempsey in central New South Wales; also occurring in southern Papua New Guinea from Kerema to Port Moresby.</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=168&amp;speccode=129'>Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen 1983 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2):137 p. (Ref. 168)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:title>Importance</dc:title>
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	<dc:description>fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='92-5-103623-3.' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=171&amp;speccode=129'>Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. (Ref. 171)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4699&amp;speccode=129'>International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do.  Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&amp;speccode=129'>Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&amp;D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dcterms:created>1999-05-11 00:00:00</dcterms:created>
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	<dc:source>munroi</dc:source>
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	<dc:description>Found more commonly in offshore, open waters away from reefs and shoals (Ref. 30199). Spotted mackerel are a continental shelf pelagic schooling species preferring the clear oceanic-influenced waters (Ref. 30572). Juvenile fish have the same distribution as adults (Ref. 30572).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6390&amp;speccode=129'>Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve 1993 Australian fisheries resources. Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra, Australia. 422 p. (Ref. 6390)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:title>Max. size</dc:title>
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	<dc:description>104 cm FL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 6390)); max. published weight: 10.2 kg (Ref. 3132)</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6390&amp;speccode=129'>Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve 1993 Australian fisheries resources. Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra, Australia. 422 p. (Ref. 6390)</reference>
	<reference isbn='0-7309-2113-1 (pbk.).' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=3132&amp;speccode=129'>Allen, G.R. and R. Swainston 1988 The marine fishes of north-western Australia: a field guide for anglers and divers. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 201 p. (Ref. 3132)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073'>IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range ? - 100 m (Ref. 6390)</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&amp;speccode=129'>Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&amp;D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6390&amp;speccode=129'>Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve 1993 Australian fisheries resources. Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra, Australia. 422 p. (Ref. 6390)</reference></dataObject>
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