Examples of horse mackerel in a Sentence
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Initial bites include ikura tartlet, a fresh salmon roe tartlet; katsuo pesto, skipjack tuna with pesto spaghetti; and aji toast, with horse mackerel and homemade milk bread.
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Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2025
Rather than the usual aji, or Japanese horse mackerel, the aquarium has been trying to feed its penguins a more common type of mackerel called saba that’s larger and, according to the finicky, flightless birds, less appetizing.
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Colin Lodewick,
Fortune,
7 July 2022
Instead, Currie’s nets caught mostly gurnards, Cape horse mackerel, spiny dogfish, and shallow-water hake, and white sea catfish, which together made up 85 percent of Currie’s catch, compared with a historical three percent.
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Petro Kotzé,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Dec. 2020
In the Mediterranean samples there were rock gobies, horse mackerel and sardines.
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The Economist,
5 June 2019
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Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2025
Rather than the usual aji, or Japanese horse mackerel, the aquarium has been trying to feed its penguins a more common type of mackerel called saba that’s larger and, according to the finicky, flightless birds, less appetizing.
—
Colin Lodewick,
Fortune,
7 July 2022
Instead, Currie’s nets caught mostly gurnards, Cape horse mackerel, spiny dogfish, and shallow-water hake, and white sea catfish, which together made up 85 percent of Currie’s catch, compared with a historical three percent.
—
Petro Kotzé,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Dec. 2020
In the Mediterranean samples there were rock gobies, horse mackerel and sardines.
—
The Economist,
5 June 2019
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“Horse mackerel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horse%20mackerel. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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