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The Kuroshio Sea

Mackerel scad
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The mackerel scad is distributed in warm seas around the world. It has a distinctive single finlet on the posterior end of the dorsal fin and the anal fin. It reaches 35 cm in length. It is famous in the Izu Islands as a dried fish known as kusaya.

Scientific name Decapterus macarellus
English name Mackerel scad

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