Bluefish
Bluefish is a kind of fish which occurs in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. It is a pelagic fish, which means that it lives near the surface of the ocean. They can grow to a size of 150 centimetres (59 in) and reach a weight of 15 kilograms (33 lb). In the wild, they live to be about nine years old.
| Bluefish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 |
| Genus: | Pomatomus Lacépède, 1802 |
| Species: | P. saltatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
Bluefish are predators: they hunt other fish, in small groups. Bluefish are caught commercially, and there is a problem with overfishing.
Sometimes another species, Rock salmon or Coal fish is erroneously called Bluefish.
References
- NatureServe (2015). "Pomatomus saltatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
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