What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Jack Mackerel been recorded?

Trachurus symmetricus occurrence evidence comes from 16,255 records in 5 countries and territories, from 1880 to 2023. Most records come from United States.

PerciformesCarangidaeTrachurus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

16,255 records across 5 countries and territories, 1880–2023.

Trachurus symmetricus · GBIF taxon key 5210487

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

7 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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

18802023

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

Where Jack Mackerel has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Jack Mackerel. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 11,816
Mexico 3,838
Canada 10
Chile 1
Colombia 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.