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Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

Bluefish
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Venezuela country information

Common names: Anchoa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Cervigón, F., 1993
Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Abundant in the northeastern region where it is caught between July and September (Ref. 9626).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 54708).   Subtropical; 53°N - 44°S, 98°W - 180°E

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