WoRMS taxon details
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 151482
AphiaID: 151482
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomatomidae (Family) > Pomatomus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Pomatomus Lacepède, 1802 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801 Cheilodipterus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854 Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766 Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810 Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810 Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775 Pomatomix saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Pomatomus pedica Whitley, 1931 Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802 Scomer sypterus Pallas, 1814 Sparactodon nalnal Rochebrune, 1880 Sypterus pallasii Eichwald, 1831 Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861 Temnodon saltator (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling) Temnodon tubulus Saville-Kent, 1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] basis of record: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Robins et al., 1986 [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Black Sea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus mauritanicus Brian, 1924 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernanthropus pomatomi Rathbun, 1887 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus affinis Kurian, 1961 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (68 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (293 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (212 nucleotides; 76 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
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: nektonic [details] Habitat: Found at depths of 2- 200 m in oceanic and coastal waters, most common in surf areas. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, gamefish [details] Predators: Green lamprey, thresher, blue shark, longfin mako (For a complete list, see fishbase.org) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151482 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151482 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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