Summary
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The Atlantic bumper, Chloroscombrus chrysurus, is a game fish in the family, Carangidae. It was first described by the "father of modern taxonomy", Carl Linnaeus in the book, Systema Naturae. Atlantic bumper are known to eat smaller fish, cephalopods, and zooplankton.
Biology
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Found over soft bottoms of the continental shelf; sometimes forming schools near the surface (Ref. 5217). Feeds on fish, cephalopods, zooplankton and detritus (Ref. 28587). Juveniles common in brackish estuaries (Ref. 5217) and often associated with jellyfish. Marketed fresh and salted.
Distribution
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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, USA and Bermuda to Uruguay; throughout Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 28; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 25 - 28
Size
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Maximum size: 650 mm TL
Diagnostic description
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Metallic blue above, silvery below; caudal peduncle with black saddle spot (Ref. 3197). Lower profile more strongly curved than upper. (Ref. 26938).
Habitat
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nektonic
Link to Access Genomic Data
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=173329&lvl=0
Sources and Credits
- SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC, no known copyright restrictions (public domain),
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- (c) H. Grobe, some rights reserved (CC BY),
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- (c) Kare Kare, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA),
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- (c) FAO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC),
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- (c) Ernst Mayr Library, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA),
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http://eol.org/data_objects/20841760
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http://eol.org/data_objects/29749253
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http://eol.org/data_objects/20841762
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http://eol.org/data_objects/24180821
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http://eol.org/data_objects/20841761
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http://eol.org/data_objects/29749266
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