Mackerel

Mackerel

Mackerel, (fr. mackereau: the scomber of Linnæus): this fish is borne chiefly for the sake of the name.

Gules, three mackerel, haurient argent--MACKEREL, Somersetshire. [Also by a family at Norwich.]

Argent, on a chevron between three mackerel[haurient] gules, a rose of the field; a chief chequy of the first and second--MACBRIDE.