Editing Atlantic mackerel (section)

==Taxonomy and phylogeny==
The Atlantic mackerel was first [[scientific description|described]] in 1758 by [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[zoologist]] [[Carl Linnaeus]] in his [[10th edition of Systema Naturae]]. Linnaeus gave it the scientific name ''Scomber scomber'' from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''skombros'' meaning "tunny" or "mackerel". Because of its wide distribution, the Atlantic mackerel was independently described 6 more times by 5 different scientists between 1814 and 1863. Its [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]] was later changed to ''scombrus'' by B. B. Collette and C. E. Nauen in 1983.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase |genus=Scomber |species=scombrus |month=February |year=2017}}</ref> It is differentiated from its [[congener (biology)|congeners]] in a number of ways, the first being the absence of a [[swim bladder]]. Its [[palatine bone]] is also wider than other members of its genus and its [[otolith]] is oval-shaped where its congeners' are rectangular.<ref name=abdussamad>{{cite journal |last=Abdussamad |first=E. M. |author2=Sandhya Sukumaran |author3=Arun K. O. Ratheesh |author4=K. Mohamed Koya |author5=K. P. S. Koya |author6=Prathibha Rohit |author7=Sally Reader |author8=K. V. Akhilesh |author9=A. Gopalakrishnan |title=''Scomber indicus'', a new species of mackerel (Scombridae: Scombrini) from the Eastern Arabian Sea |journal=Indian Journal of Fisheries |year=2016 |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.21077/ijf.2016.63.3.59184-01 |url=http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11198/1/A%20Gopalakrishnan_2016_IJF_63.3_Scomber%20indicus.pdf|doi-access=free }}</ref>

In the eastern Atlantic Ocean there are three [[Fish stocks|stocks]] differentiated by location and time at which spawning occurs, but studies have not found any distinct genetic differences between these populations. [[Species complex|Genetic differences]] only start to appear at the [[wiktionary:transatlantic|transatlantic]] scale, a fact supported by a lack of migration between western and eastern Atlantic populations, whereas eastern Atlantic stocks are known to converge in certain locations like the [[Norwegian Sea]] and [[North Sea]].<ref name=nesbo>{{cite journal |last=Nesbo |first=Camilla L. |author2=Eli K. Rueness |author3=Svein A. Iversen |author4=Dankert W. Skagen |author5=Kjetill S. Jakobsen |title=Phylogeography and population history of Atlantic mackerel (''Scomber scombrus'' L.): a genealogical approach reveals genetic structuring among the eastern Atlantic stocks |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |year=2000 |volume=267 |issue= 1440|pages=281–292 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2000.0998 |pmid=10714883 |pmc=1690521 }}</ref>