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bluefish
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The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) is the only extant species of the family Pomatomidae. It is a marine pelagic fish found around the world in temperate and subtropical waters, except for the northern Pacific Ocean. Bluefish are known as tailor in Australia and New Zealand, elf and shad in South Africa. It is a popular gamefish and food fish.
Species
blue fish
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScombriformes
- FamilyPomatomidae
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- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
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- 鯥
- short name
- P. saltatrix
- taxon range
- Brazil
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- Taxonomy
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The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) is the only extant species of the family Pomatomidae. It is a marine pelagic fish found around the world in temperate and subtropical waters, except for the northern Pacific Ocean. Bluefish are known as tailor in Australia and New Zealand, elf and shad in South Africa. It is a popular gamefish and food fish.
The bluefish is a moderately proportioned fish, with a broad, forked tail. The spiny first dorsal fin is normally folded back in a groove, as are its pectoral fins. Coloration is a grayish blue-green dorsally, fading to white on the lower sides and belly. Its single row of teeth in each jaw is uniform in size, knife-edged, and sharp. Bluefish commonly range in size from "snappers" of to much larger, sometimes weighing as much as , though fish heavier than are exceptional.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bluefish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.