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SpeciesPerciformesPomatomidae
Fish

🐟Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)

La anjova, anchoa, anchova de banco o pez azul es la especie Pomatomus saltatrix, la única del género Pomatomus que a su vez es el único de la familia pomatómidos (latín Pomatomidae), son una familia de peces frecuentemente incluidos en la familia de los carángidos (Carangidae). Es un pez pelágico marino que se encuentra distribuido alrededor del mundo en aguas templadas y subtropicales, excepto en el norte del océano Pacífico. Es apreciado gastronómicamente y popular en la pesca deportiva.

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Also called
Elf, Tailor, Jumbos, Horse Mackerel, Shad, Ancho, Razorbacks, Fatback, Blue Fish, Skipjack, Greenfish, Choppers, Horsemackerel, Marine Piranha, Salmon Bluefish, Skip Mackerel, Skipmackerel, Snap Mackerel, Snapping Mackerel, Tailor Run
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
7.92 kg
Body length
0.6 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
9 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Bluefish

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
7.92 kgrecord 14 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.6 mrecord 1.3 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
9 yearsrecord 14 years · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.53
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.53 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
7.9 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Bluefish yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyPomatomidae
  5. ›genusPomatomus
  6. ›speciesPomatomus saltatrix
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. familyPomatomidae
  4. genusPomatomus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. familyPomatomidae
  11. genusPomatomus
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鯥 (zh), Pomatomidae (es), Coupe-fil (fr), Pomatomus saltatrix (it), Pomatómidos (gl), Blaufisch (de) … and 21 more languages
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