WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

Also known as: Boston Bluefish, Choppers, Elf, Fatback, Greenfish, Horse Macerel, Jumbos, Marine Oiranha, Razorbacks, Salmon Bluefish, Shad, Skip Jack, Skip Mackerel, Snap, Snappers, Mackerel, Snapping Mackerel, Tailor, Tailor Run, Yellow Wing

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2015
Handle with careLook, don't touch
Adult
@NHKorz · Long Island sound, United States · July 20221 / 1
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Overview

Found in loose schools, along surf beaches and rocky headlands, in clean, high energy waters, also in estuaries and out in the open oceans. Migrating between warm waters during winter and cooler waters in summer.
Juveniles found in schools, in shallow coastal waters and estuaries.
Circumglobal

These fish are popular gamefish, found throughout the worlds oceans. They are associated with billfish and sharks, voracious and aggressive often will bite when handled!
They work in schools attacking and destroying in large numbers far in excess of feeding requirements.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in loose schools, along surf beaches and rocky headlands, in clean, high energy waters, also in estuaries and out in the open oceans.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderScombriformes
    5. familyPomatomidae
    6. genusPomatomus
    7. speciesPomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

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    More in the family

    Scombriformes