Where does the Chub mackerel live?

Scomber japonicus has 274,222 records in 78 countries and territories, from 1828 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

274,222 records
78 places
138 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesScombridaeScomber

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18282026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	166,510
Chile	91,424
Canada	11,379
Mexico	1,631
South Africa	426
South Korea	357
Japan	233
Israel	196
Colombia	160
Taiwan	157
Nigeria	118
Spain	102
Peru	102
Namibia	91
Ghana	86
Gabon	82
Côte d'Ivoire	77
China	73
Italy	71
Liberia	70
Portugal	69
Croatia	58
Mozambique	52
Sierra Leone	52
Cameroon	43
ZZ	43
Argentina	39
Guinea	38
Ecuador	36
Senegal	32
France	28
Lebanon	28
Angola	27
Brazil	22
Guinea-Bissau	22
Congo	21
Equatorial Guinea	20
Benin	15
Togo	15
Russia	14

Showing the top 40 of 78 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Scombridae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.