Pick the patch on school mackerel (Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries)

Pick the patch on school mackerel

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Pick the patch on school mackerel
Spot the dot on school mackerel
School mackerel can be differentiated from spotted mackerel by a patch of white on their dorsel fin.
spotted mackerel do not have a patch
Spotted mackerel have more numerous, better defined and smaller spots than school mackerel.


Learn how to pick the patch

Do you have problems telling school mackerel from spotted mackerel? If you do then you should learn how to pick the patch.

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Author: Cassandra France
Page maintained by Cassandra France
Last updated 26 November 2007

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