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Pomatomus (bluefish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Pomatomidae

Taxonomy
Pomatomus was named by Lacépède (1802). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pomatomidae by Purdy et al. (2001) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Pomatomus Lacépède
2001Pomatomus Purdy et al. p. 172
2018Pomatomus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
familyPomatomidae
genusPomatomusLacépède 1802

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pomatomus Lacépède 1802 [bluefish]
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Pomatomus saltatrix Linnaeus 1766
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Pomatomus salatrix (52582)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Pomatomus saltatrix (235090)