Pomatomus saltatrix, Bluefish : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish, bait

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Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Mauritania country information

Common names: Ach'ked, Anjova, Coupe-fil
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Maigret, J. and B. Ly, 1986
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Abundant in Mauritania where it migrates regularly before the start of the warm waters in June and July. Reproduces off the Mauritanian coast then the juveniles followed by the adults redescend toward Cape Verde in December-January. Also Ref. 4517.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Maigret, J. and B. Ly, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tassergal, Anjova, Луфарь, ... more

Classificatie / Namen Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Pomatomidae (Bluefishes)
Etymology: Pomatomus: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, tomos = portion (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / distribution range Ecologie

marien; brak water pelagic-oceanic; oceanodroom (Ref. 51243); diepte 0 - 200 m (Ref. 54708). Subtropical; 53°N - 44°S, 98°W - 180°E

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Circumglobal: In tropical to subtropical waters; except the eastern Pacific (Ref. 33390). Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands. Western Atlantic: Canada and Bermuda to Argentina (Ref. 7251). Indian Ocean: along the coast of East Africa, Madagascar, southern Oman, southwest India, the Malay Peninsula, and Western Australia (Ref. 11441). Southwest Pacific: Australia except the Northern Territory, and New Zealand (Ref. 11441). Absent from eastern Pacific and northwest Pacific. Barely entering the Western Central Pacific region. Records from the Northern Territory, Australia and from Indonesia appear to be erroneous (Ref. 9860). Occurrence in Taiwan (Ref. 5193) and Hawaii (Ref. 4517) need verification.

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Maturiteit: Lm 30.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 130 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 11441); common length : 60.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 3482); max. gepubliceerd gewicht: 14.4 kg (Ref. 4699); max. gerapporteerde leeftijd: 14 Jaren (Ref. 128525)

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Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 8 - 9; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 23 - 28; Anale stekels: 2 - 3; Anale zachte stralen: 23 - 27. Jaw teeth prominent, sharp, compressed, in a single series. Two dorsal fins, the first short and low, with 7 or 8 feeble spines connected by a membrane. Back greenish, sides and belly silvery (Ref. 9860).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

Occur in oceanic and coastal waters (Ref. 26340). They are most common along surf beaches and rock headlands in clean, high energy waters, although adults can also be found in estuaries and into brackish water (Ref. 6492). Small fish may be found in shallow coastal waters at least 2 m depth (Ref. 9563), in schools pursuing and attacking small fishes (Ref. 9626). Adults are in loose groups, often attacking shoals of mullets or other fishes and destroying numbers apparently far in excess of feeding requirements (Ref. 9860). Feed on other fish (Ref. 5377), crustaceans and cephalopods (Ref. 47377). Associated with sharks and billfishes (Ref. 26340). Voracious and aggressive (Ref. 9626), reported to bite when handled. Migrate to warmer water during winter and to cooler water in summer (Ref. 9987). Popular game fish (Ref. 6638). Good food fish; marketed mostly fresh (Ref. 9860), but also dried or salted (Ref. 5284), and frozen (Ref. 9987).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

Fecundity varies from 400,000 to 2,000,000 eggs depending on the size of the individual (ranging from 370,000 in a 31 cm fish to 1,240,000 in a 54 cm fish) (Ref. 27695). Tailor are serial spawners (Ref. 6390).

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Dooley, J.K., 1990. Pomatomidae. p. 721-722. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 9986)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Kwetsbaar (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 07 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 27695)





Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van groot commercieel belang; Aquacultuur: commercieel; sportvis: ja; aas: usually
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.4 - 27.5, mean 21.1 °C (based on 1273 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00844 - 0.01360), b=2.96 (2.89 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 6.1 (4.1 - 8.1) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 14 growth studies.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179):  laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (K=0.09-0.4; tm=2.4; tmax=14; Fec=1 million).
Prior r = 0.47, 95% CL = 0.31 - 0.71, Based on 3 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100). 🛈
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 35.4 [23.1, 58.7] mg/100g; Iron = 1.68 [0.54, 4.47] mg/100g; Protein = 20 [19, 21] %; Omega3 = 0.417 [0.268, 0.647] g/100g; Selenium = 28.5 [15.9, 46.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.4 [4.6, 33.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.539 [0.407, 0.733] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.