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Pomatomus saltatrix (Tailor run; Tailor; Snapping mackerel; Snap mackerel; Skipmackerel; Skipjack; Shad; Salmon bluefish; Razorbacks; Marine piranha; Jumbos; Horsemackerel; Greenfish; Fatback; Elf; Choppers; Bluefish; Blue fish; Ancho)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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, shad on the east coast of South Africa, and elf on the western North American coast. Other common names are blue, chopper, and anchoa. It is a popular gamefish.
View Wikipedia Record: Pomatomus saltatrix

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Pomatomus saltatrix

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [4]  9 years
Migration [3]  Oceanodromous
Water Biome [1]  Coastal
Adult Weight [2]  17.461 lbs (7.92 kg)

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7Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
8Seasonal variation in the diets of bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Pomatomidae) and striped weakfish, Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) in southern Brazil: implications of food partitioning, Flavia M. Lucena, Teodoro Vaske, Jr., Jim R. Ellis & Carl M. O’Brien, Environmental Biology of Fishes 57: 423–434, 2000.
9VII. FOOD HABITS OF THE MUMMICHOG (Fundulus heteroclitus), Frank W. Steimle, Jr., NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-167, 2001 p. 101-109
10CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
11DIET OF THE SANDBAR SHARK, CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS, IN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ADJACENT WATERS, Julia K. Ellis, Masters Thesis, The College of William and Mary, 2003
12HISTORICAL DIET ANALYSIS OF LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) AND KEMP’S RIDLEY (LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI) SEA TURTLES IN VIRGINIA, Erin E. Seney, A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the School of Marine Science The College of William and Mary in Virginia (2003)
13Diet of Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) in an estuarine environment, V. Barquete, L. Bugoni, C. M. Vooren, Mar Biol (2008) 153:431–443
14FISH PREY OF THE BLACK SKIMMER RYNCHOPS NIGER AT MAR CHIQUITA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA, ROCÍO MARIANO-JELICICH, MARCO FAVERO & MARÍA PATRICIA SILVA, Marine Ornithology 31: 199-202 (2003)
15DIET OF THE COMMON TERN (STERNA HIRUNDO) DURING THE NONBREEDING SEASON IN MAR CHIQUITA LAGOON, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, Laura Mauco & Marco Favero, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 15: 121–131, 2004
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