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ENIGMA SOLUTION TO SECOND NATURE OF THE MONTH IN PICTURES

SOLUTION: Scomber scombrus, MACKEREL

is a teleost fish Family Scombridae, relative body slender and fusiform. Tapered head, large eyes and vertical transparent eyelids. The first dorsal fin is triangular, tall and short, well separated from the second, as the anal is trapezoidal. The back is blue-green, with well-defined dark sinuous band, belly is silvery, without spots, flanks, pale green, with hints of purple and silver and gray fins. Can reach up to 65 cm in length and over 3 kg.

is a pelagic and migratory species. During the winter remains in deep water about 180 meters, but with the arrival warm station clusters in an extraordinarily strong banks and up to the surface approaching the coast, to begin spawning in March and April.

is very common in the Atlantic from the British Isles to North Africa, plus the United States and Canada. The Mediterranean Sea is another point where we can find and the Black Sea.

The feeding habits of mackerel are varied, including crustaceans, sardines or small herrings.