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	 bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
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^o^| Author	Hugh McCormick Smith (1865–1941)
 English: Blue-Fish. Pomatomus saltatrix
 Subject: Bluefish
 Tag: Fish
 Date	1907
 Source/Photographer
 English: Smith, Hugh M. (1907) Fishes of North Carolina, North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, vol.II, Raleigh, NC: E. M. Uzzell & Co.
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_51422_Blue-Fish_Pomatomus_saltatrix.jpeg
 
 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[citation needed]. Other common names are blue, chopper, and anchoa. It is a popular gamefish.
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