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bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
Subject: bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
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FMIB 36066 Pomatomus Telescopium (Large-Eyed Pomatome).jpeg
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bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)


Author Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800–1874)
English: Pomatomus Telescopium (Large-Eyed Pomatome)
Stromboli, Mediterranean Seas
Subject: Perch, Pomatomus
Tag: Fish
Date 1843
Source/Photographer
English: Jardine, William (1843) Fishes of the Perch Family, Naturalist's Library, vol. XXXVIII, Edinburgh, Scotland: W. H. Lizars
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_36066_Pomatomus_Telescopium_(Large-Eyed_Pomatome).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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