Bluefish
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 |
Genus: | Pomatomus Lacépède, 1802 |
Species: | P. saltatrix
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Binomial name | |
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Bluefish is a kind of fish which occurs in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. It is a pelagic fish, which means that it lives near the surface of the ocean. They can grow to a size of 150 centimetres (59 in) and reach a weight of 15 kilograms (33 lb). In the wild, they live to be about nine years old.
Bluefish are predators: they hunt other fish, in small groups. Bluefish are caught commercially, and there is a problem with overfishing.
Sometimes another species, Rock salmon or Coal fish is erroneously called Bluefish.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ NatureServe (2015). "Pomatomus saltatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2016.