Spanish mackerel

/ˌspænɪʃ ˌmækərəl/

Definitions of Spanish mackerel

1. noun

   any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
   types:

   Scomberomorus cavalla, cavalla, cero, king mackerel

   large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil

   Scomberomorus maculatus

   a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America

   Scomberomorus regalis, cero, kingfish, pintado

   large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters

   Scomberomorus sierra, sierra

   a Spanish mackerel of western North America

   type of:

   mackerel

   any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
2. noun

   a California food fish
   synonyms: Trachurus symmetricus, horse mackerel, jack mackerel, saurel

   type of:

   scad

   any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
3. noun

   medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
   synonyms: Scomber colias

   type of:

   mackerel

   any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
4. noun

   flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America
   type of:

   mackerel

   flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish