Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)

Cheilodipterus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym)

Chromis epicurorum Gronow, 1854 (synonym)

Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym)

Gonenion serra Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)

Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)

Perca lophar Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)

Pomatomix saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym)

Pomatomus pedica Whitley, 1931 (synonym)

Pomatomus saltator (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym)

Pomatomus skib Lacepède, 1802 (synonym)

Scomer sypterus Pallas, 1814 (synonym)

Sparactodon nalnal Rochebrune, 1880 (synonym)

Sypterus pallasii Eichwald, 1831 (synonym)

Temnodon conidens Castelnau, 1861 (synonym)

Temnodon saltator (Linnaeus, 1766) (synonym)

Temnodon tubulus Saville-Kent, 1893 (ambiguous synonym)

Common names:

луфарь Russian

Çinekop balığı Turkish

扁鰺 Mandarin Chinese

扁鲹 Mandarin Chinese

Chinese, Mandarin Chinese

ﺱﺮﻐﻣ Arabic

Defne yaprağı balığı Turkish

Kofana balığı Turkish

Lüfer Turkish

Lüfer balığı Turkish

Magres Arabic

Sarıkanat balığı Turkish

Γουφάρι Greek

Γοφάρι Greek

Λουφάρι Greek

Ach'ked Arabic, Hassaniya

Albacora Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese, Rumanian, Spanish, Swedish

Amikiri Japanese

Ancho English, Spanish

Anchoa Spanish

Anchoa de banco Spanish

Anchova Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese

Anchova de banco Spanish

Anchoveta English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Anchovinha Portuguese

Ancioia Italian

Anjova Spanish

Anxova Catalan, Portuguese

Atum Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese

Blåbars Danish

Blaubarsch German

Blaufisch German

Blue fish English, Nyanja, Tonga, Tumbuka

Bluefish English

Choppers English

Chova Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese

Coupe-fil French

Dichova Portuguese

Dyphavsabbor Norwegian

Dzolhwa Portuguese

Elf Afrikaans, English, German

Elwe Afrikaans

Enchova Portuguese

Enchova-baeta Portuguese

Enchoveta Portuguese

Enchoveta-baeta Portuguese

Enchovinha Portuguese

Enxova Portuguese

Enxoveta Portuguese

Fatback English

Gofari Greek

Gofe Albanian

Greenfish English

Haring Dutch, Papiamento

Horsemackerel English

Jumbos English

Kouta Susu

Limone Italian

Limun Italian

Lufar Rumanian, Russian

Marine piranha English

Marisqueira Portuguese

Nalnol Wolof

Ngal-ngal Wolof

Ngot Wolof

N'got Wolof

Okisuzuki Japanese

Pesce bianco Italian

Pesce serra Italian

Pez azul Spanish

Piquitinga English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Pisci schiavu Italian

Pisci serra Italian

Plitica Serbian

Qayac Somali

Rakk Wolof

Rasania Italian

Razorbacks English

Sakö Wolof

Salmon bluefish English

Serra Catalan, Creole, Portuguese, English, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese, Spanish

Serra tas-snien Maltese

Serragsirra imperjali Maltese

Shad Afrikaans, English, Swedish

Sinikala Finnish

Skakavka Slovene

Skipjack English

Skipmackerel English

Snap mackerel English

Snapping mackerel English

Strijelka Croatian

Strijelka skakusa Serbian

Tailor English

Tailor run English

Tallahams Catalan

Tasergal Polish

Tassergal French

Tekwa Arabic

Tekwaya Arabic

Tonina Greek, Maltese, Portuguese

Xidama Portuguese

Xidanakata Portuguese

Xidzukudzuana Portuguese

Classification:

Animalia

LSID

Phylum Chordata

LSID

Class Actinopterygii

LSID

Order Perciformes

LSID

Family Pomatomidae

LSID

Genus Pomatomus

LSID

Distribution:

Yemen; West Central Australian Shelf; Venezuela; USA (contiguous states); Uruguay; Ukraine; Turkey; Tunisia; Trinidad and Tobago; Thailand; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Suriname; Spain; Southwest Australian Shelf; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; South China Sea; South Brazil Shelf; South Africa; Somalia; Somali Coastal Current; Slovenia; Serbia and Montenegro; Sea of Marmara; Senegal; Scotian Shelf; Sao Tome and Principe; Russian Federation; Persian Gulf; Patagonian Shelf; Pacific, Western Central; Pacific, Southwest; Pacific Ocean; Oman; Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf; North Brazil Shelf; Nicaragua; New Zealand Shelf; Mozambique; Namibia; New Zealand; Mexico; Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Mauritius; Mauritania; Malta; Malaysia; Italy; Kenya; Madagascar; Madeira Islands; Indian Ocean, Western; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean; India; Iberian Coastal; Guyana; Gulf of Mexico; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea Current; Guinea; Grenada; Greece; Great Australian Bight; Ghana; French Guiana; Georgia; France; Europe - Inland waters; Egypt; East Central Australian Shelf; East Brazil Shelf; Curaçao Island; Cuba; Croatia; Colombia; 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; Caribbean Sea; Cape Verde; Canary Current; Canada; Brazil; Black Sea; Bermuda; Benguela Current; Belize; Bay of Bengal; Australia; Atlantic, Western Central; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Southeast; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic, Northeast; Aruba; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Eastern Central; Argentina; Arabian Sea; Angola; Andaman Sea; Algeria; Albania; Agulhas Current; Aegean Sea

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 09-Nov-1998

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:401b17a5-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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