WoRMS taxon details
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
151482 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151482)
accepted
Species
Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Cheilodipterus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted
Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766 · unaccepted
Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Pomatomix saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pomatomus pedica Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted
Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Scomber sypterus Pallas, 1814 · unaccepted
Scomer sypterus Pallas, 1814 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sparactodon nalnal Rochebrune, 1880 · unaccepted
Sypterus pallasii Eichwald, 1831 · unaccepted
Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted
Temnodon saltator (Linnaeus, 1766) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Temnodon tubulus Saville-Kent, 1893 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Bermuda
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Bermuda [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151482 on 2024-11-22
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original description
(of Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 435, 436, Pl. 8 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 38, xi [details]
original description (of Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 538, 542, Pl. 21 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Scomber sypterus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 53, Pl. 10 (fig. 3) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source De Souza, G. M.; Monteiro-Neto, C.; Da Costa, M. R.; Bastos, A. L.; Martins, R. R. M.; Vieira, F. C. D. S.; De Andrade-Tubino, M. F.; Tubino, R. D. A. (2021). Reproductive biology and recruitment of bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix (Perciformes: Pomatomidae) in the southwestern Atlantic. <em>Zoologia.</em> 38: 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.38.e53756 [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
original description (of Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 435, 436, Pl. 8 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 38, xi [details]
original description (of Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 538, 542, Pl. 21 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Scomber sypterus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 53, Pl. 10 (fig. 3) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source De Souza, G. M.; Monteiro-Neto, C.; Da Costa, M. R.; Bastos, A. L.; Martins, R. R. M.; Vieira, F. C. D. S.; De Andrade-Tubino, M. F.; Tubino, R. D. A. (2021). Reproductive biology and recruitment of bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix (Perciformes: Pomatomidae) in the southwestern Atlantic. <em>Zoologia.</em> 38: 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.38.e53756 [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Juveniles feed on crustaceans, molluscs and small bluefish; adults feed on a variety of fish [details]Distribution Bay of Fundy to Bermuda [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 2- 200 m in oceanic and coastal waters, most common in surf areas. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators Green lamprey, thresher, blue shark, longfin mako (For a complete list, see fishbase.org) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zeepiranhaelweblauwebaarsblauwe vis | [details] |
| English | snapperbluefishblue fish | [details] |
| French | tassergal | [details] |
| German | Blaufisch | [details] |
| Hebrew | גומבר טורפני [from synonym] | [details] |
| Italian | serra | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Γοφάρι | [details] |
| Norwegian | dyphavsabbor | [details] |
| Portuguese | anchova | [details] |
| Russian | Луфарь обыкновенный | [details] |
| Spanish | anjova de bancoanjovaanchova de banco | [details] |
| Swedish | blåfisk | [details] |
| Turkish | lufer [from synonym] | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Луфар звичайний | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (184 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sypterus pallasii Eichwald, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sparactodon nalnal Rochebrune, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Temnodon tubulus Saville-Kent, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (206 publications) (from synonym Temnodon saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pomatomus pedica Whitley, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (316 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cheilodipterus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomatomus saltator) (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomatomus saltatrix)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatomus pedica Whitley, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodipterus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomer sypterus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparactodon nalnal Rochebrune, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Sypterus pallasii Eichwald, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Temnodon tubulus Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatomix saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Fishbase (from synonym Scomber sypterus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Temnodon saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase images (Pomatomus saltatrix, Azores Is., by Wirtz, P.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To GenBank (630 nucleotides; 436 proteins)
To GenBank (630 nucleotides; 436 proteins) (from synonym Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Chromis epicurorum Gronow in Gray, 1854; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2584805) (from synonym Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomatomus saltatrix RAD107270-001)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 437564)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 476366)
To PESI (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sypterus pallasii Eichwald, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sparactodon nalnal Rochebrune, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Temnodon tubulus Saville-Kent, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (206 publications) (from synonym Temnodon saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pomatomus pedica Whitley, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (316 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cheilodipterus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomatomus saltator) (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomatomus saltatrix)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatomus pedica Whitley, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodipterus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Scomer sypterus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparactodon nalnal Rochebrune, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Sypterus pallasii Eichwald, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Temnodon tubulus Saville-Kent, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomatomix saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766))
To Fishbase (from synonym Scomber sypterus Pallas, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Temnodon saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To FishBase (from synonym Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase images (Pomatomus saltatrix, Azores Is., by Wirtz, P.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To GenBank (630 nucleotides; 436 proteins)
To GenBank (630 nucleotides; 436 proteins) (from synonym Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Chromis epicurorum Gronow in Gray, 1854; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2584805) (from synonym Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomatomus saltatrix RAD107270-001)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 437564)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 476366)
To PESI (from synonym Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766))
To PESI
To ITIS
