{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Trachurus declivis.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Smith-Vaniz, W.F. |author2=Carpenter, K.E. |author3=Borsa, P. |author4=Jiddawi, N. |author5=Obota, C. |author6=Yahya, S. |date=2018 |title=''Trachurus declivis'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T20437665A67871520 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T20437665A67871520.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Trachurus declivis | authority = (Jenyns, 1841) | synonyms = ''Caranx declivis'' <small>Jenyns, 1841</small> }} thumb|left The '''greenback horse mackerel''' or '''greenback scad''' ('''''Trachurus declivis''''') is a species of jack in the family Carangidae, found around western and southern Australia, and around New Zealand, from the surface to depths of 460 m. Its length is up to 64 cm.<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase | genus = Trachurus | species = declivis | month = August | year = 2019}}</ref>
Its common name derives from the legend that other smaller species of fish could ride on its back over great distances. It is an important commercial fish and sports fishing quarry although it has strong tasting flesh.<ref name = FofA>{{cite web | author = Dianne J. Bray | title = ''Trachurus declivis'' | work = Fishes of Australia | access-date = 5 December 2019 | publisher = Museums Victoria | url = http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2996}}</ref>
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==Fisheries== [[File:Fisheries capture of Trachurus declivis.png|thumb|400px|left|{{center|Commercial capture of greenback horse mackerel<br />in tonnes from 1950 to 2009<ref name=fao>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2313/en ''Trachurus declivis'' (Jenyns, 1841)] FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 13 March 2012.</ref>}}]]
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==Further reading== * {{ITIS |id=168596 |taxon=Trachurus declivis |accessdate=8 March 2012}} * [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Phallomedusa_solida ''Phallomedusa solida'' (Martens, 1878)] Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2 March 2012. * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|0-00-216987-8}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenback horse mackerel}} greenback horse mackerel Category:Marine fish of Southern Australia Category:Marine fish of New Zealand Category:Taxa named by Leonard Jenyns greenback horse mackerel
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