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Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Pomatomidae
genus
Pomatomus
species
Pomatomus saltatrix

Name

Synonyms
? saltator Linnaeus, 1766
Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801
Cheilodipterus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854
Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766
Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810
Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810
Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775
Pomatomix saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
Pomatomus pedica Whitley, 1931
Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766)
Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802
Scomber sypterus Pallas, 1814
Scomer sypterus Pallas, 1814
Sparactodon nalnal Rochebrune, 1880
Sypterus pallasii Eichwald, 1831
Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861
Temnodon saltator (Linnaeus, 1766)
Temnodon tubulus Saville-Kent, 1893
Homonyms
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common names
Ancho in English
Anchova in Spanish
Anchova in Portuguese
Anchova de banco in Spanish
Anjova in Spanish
Bailey Leaf in English
Big Cinekop in English
Big Lufer in English
Blaufisch in German
Blaufisch in German
Blue Fish in English
Bluefish in English
Bluefish in English
Bluefish in English
Bluefish in English
Bluefish in English
Boston Bluefish in English
Choppers in English
Dichova in Portuguese
Dyphavsabbor in Norwegian
Elf in English
Enchova in Portuguese
Fatback in English
Gofe in Albanian
Greenfish in English
Horsemackerel in English
Jumbos in English
Lufar in Romanian
Lüfer in Turkish
Marine Piranha in English
Pesce serra in Italian
Plitica in Serbian
Razorbacks in English
Salmon Bluefish in English
Serra tas-snien in Maltese
Serragsirra imperjali in Maltese
Shad in English
Sinikala in Finnish
Skakavka in Slovenian
Skipjack in English
Skipmackerel in English
Snap Mackerel in English
Snapping Mackerel in English
Strijelka skakusa in Serbian
Tailor in English
Tailor Run in English
Tasergal in Polish
Tassergal in French
Tassergal in French
Teleskopabborre in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds., 2001: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 21-57.
  3. De Souza, G. M.; Monteiro-Neto, C.; Da Costa, M. R.; Bastos, A. L.; Martins, R. R. M.; Vieira, F. C. D. S.; De Andrade-Tubino, M. F.; Tubino, R. D. A. (2021). Reproductive biology and recruitment of bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix (Perciformes: Pomatomidae) in the southwestern Atlantic. <em>Zoologia.</em> 38: 1-14. 10.3897/zoologia.38.e53756
  4. Fowler 1943, Mann 1954, De Buen 1959a, Bahamonde & Pequeño 1975, Pequeño 1989, Sielfeld et al. 2010.
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  6. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Bluefish: Family Pomatomidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 400-406.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  9. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  10. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  12. Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354.
  13. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  15. Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37
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