answersLogoWhite

0

What do mackerel scad eat?

Updated: 8/11/2023
User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

Best Answer

mackerels eat fish aswell as tadpoles.
Adult mackerel fish will feed on anything smaller than they are. Their favorites include herring, young mackerel, and lance. They also enjoy shrimp and squid.

User Avatar

Wiki User

6y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago

Small crustaceans such as copepods, as well as forage fish, shrimp and squid.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

mackerel eats shrimp squid and zooplankton i know this cause i wrote an 3000 word essay on mackeral

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Mackerals eat krill and other small fish in the sea.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

they eat anything such as other mackrel and other oily fish :)

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

mackerel eatt small fish in the sea like plankton

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

Krill Shrimp, and a variety of small fish

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

chicken barbeque

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

polar bears

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What do mackerel scad eat?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Continue Learning about Zoology

What animals eat mackerel?

im pretty sure if you eat fish you do


What do mackerel and sardines eat?

sardines eat small orgaisms called zooplankton


Do sharks eat mackerels?

It depends on what type of shark I guess. I know for a fact that guitarfish (aka shovelnose shark) eat Mackerel


What is a group of sardines called?

There are many species of Mackerel.Family Scombridae:Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias)Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)Australian spotted mackerel (Scomberomorus munroi)Blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)Broadbarred king mackerel (Scomberomorus semifasciatus)Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)Double-lined mackerel (Grammatorcynus bilineatus)Happened mackerel (Happundreus maculatus)Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta)Indo-Pacific king mackerel (Scomberomorus guttatus)Indo-Pacific mackerel (Rastrelliger neglectus)Island mackerel (Rastrelliger faughni)Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)King mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)Short(-bodied) mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma)Streaked Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus lineolatus)Family Carangidae:Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)Blue jack mackerel (Trachurus picturatus)Cape horse mackerel (Trachurus capensis)Cunene horse mackerel (Trachurus trecae)Greenback horse mackerel (Trachurus declivis)Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus)Pacific jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)Family Hexagrammidae:Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)Painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus)Arabesque greenling (Pleurogrammus azonus)Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius)Family Gempylidae:Black snake mackerel (Nealotus tripes)Blacksail snake mackerel (Thyrsitoides marleyi)Snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)Violet snake mackerel (Nesiarchus nasutus)White snake mackerel (Thyrsitops lepidopoides)


What is the dirtiest fish in the sea?

mackerel