Talk:Mackerel

Italian Language

In italian is scombro and sgombro https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scomber_scombrus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.148.218.167 (talk) 14:43, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Size

I just removed this: "The largest species called "mackerel" is the king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) which can grow to 66 inches (1.68 m)." which is plainly untrue if the Spanish Mackerel can grow to 2.40m according to fishbase, or am I missing something?+|||||||||||||||||||||||||+ (talk) 05:50, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Holy Mackerel?

I'd like to see something about the exclamation "Holy Mackerel!" in this article, but am not sure how appropriate it would be. Suggestions/comments? Nihiltres 16:07, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

I'd like to see it removed. I don't find it appropriate. It could be moved to Wiktionary. I'm linking to Wiktionary. Jɪmp 04:28, 7 February 2008 (UTC) I've moved it to (disambig). Jɪmp 04:54, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

harbinger of spring?

Is mackerel seen as fish that announces the arrival of spring in UK? And how is it typically cooked to be eaten in the West?

I would appreciate your input.

Word puzzle part

Wisconsin shares a "c" with mackerel.

Undid blanking of page

It seems that some school kid in Canada decided to blank the page. Their IP address has vandalized many pages before. If only I knew more about Wikipedia I'd notify someone who could do something about it. HunterZero 16:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

You can do something about it, the easiest thing being simply to revert them: click on history and hit undo ... which is what it seems you did.Jɪmp 04:56, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Relation to London Underground

This article should contain some reference to the cultural significance of the word mackerel to the London Underground, as described in the [St. John's Wood tube station] article. Any objections? Royshearer (talk) 23:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

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Mackerel "is", or mackerel "are"?

It can't be both. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.106.168 (talk) 11:33, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it can. The word "mackerel" can refer to one or more fish, and hence be either singular or plural; or it can refer to the species in general, or to the use of the fish as a foodstuff, either of which uses would take the singular form. Vilĉjo (talk) 22:04, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

This is poor classification

Is this article about the species mackerel (scomber scombrus), the mackerel family (scombridae) or any regional names for species of fish that has "mackerel" in it? Mackerel as a species deserves it's own article. It is so important that when europeans emigrated or travelled, they named a number of different species that resembled it a bit after it. No other species is called solely mackerel, so the article should be merged with the superfluous article "atlantic mackerel" No one but americans calls it "atlantic mackerel", it's just mackerel.

Primary topic for Sawara?

I'm working on fixing up the disambiguation page Sawara, and looking into things it seems like by far the most common usage of the term is on sushi menus to refer to mackerel. Would it be appropriate for Sawara to redirect here with a disambiguation notifier and to rename the existing page to Sawara (disambiguation)? Fuzzyjammies (talk) 18:22, 29 March 2022 (UTC)