Class: Actinoptcrygii Species sconber
Common name: Moose Fish
Base organism: Mackerel
Original niche: schooling prey fish
Characteristics of original organism: They swim in large schools. They are not eaten by many fish. Mackerel eat small fish and squid. They are the strongest pound for pound fish in the sea.
New niche: Top pretor
Adaptations: The larger hunt in school. The have more powerful jaws to eat prey. They will swim down prey then they all take bites out to the prey together. They have little problem eating fish much larger than them if they are wounded.
Biome type: Coastal reefs
Nutrition: Wounded fish and smaller fish.
Interactions: They hunt in schools.
Behavior: The female are larger and leaders of the packs.