Atlantic bumper

Atlantic bumper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Chloroscombrus
Species:
C. chrysurus
Binomial name
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766
  • Micropterus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Micropteryx chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Scomber chloris Bloch, 1793
  • Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829
  • Micropteryx cosmopolita (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858
  • Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897
  • Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906

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.[3]

  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Brown, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; Williams, J.T. & Curtis, M. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Chloroscombrus chrysurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16437187A115358128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16437187A16510252.en. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference fishbase was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Diouf, P.S., 1996. Les peuplements de poissons des milieux estuariens de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: L'exemple de l'estuaire hyperhalin du Sine-Saloum. Université de Montpellier II. Thèses et Documents Microfiches No.156. ORSTOM, Paris. 267 p.