| Common name | Grey mackerel |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Australia |
| Locality | Queensland |
| Ref. | Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983 |
| Life stage | large adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | Uniform grey colour of dead adult fish accounts for the vernacular name 'grey mackerel'; 'mackerel', from Middel English 'makerel' of Middle French origin. |