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, ''

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''. Atlantic bumper are known to eat smaller fish,

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s, and zooplankton.

Description

The Atlantic bumper is best recognized by its profile, the bottom being much more curved than the top. Also, the

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is arched near the

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. Atlantic bumper are generally described as silver to golden colored, with golden yellow on the anal and caudal fins, which have 3 spines, 25-28 rays and 9 spines, 25-28 rays, respectively. There is an obvious black saddle-shaped blotch on the caudal

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and a similar patch near the edge of the

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. Although the average size of Atlantic bumper is , the largest recorded Atlantic bumper was long.

Distribution and habitat

In the western Atlantic, Atlantic bumper is found from Massachusetts, to south Brazil. They are known to be found off Bermuda, in the

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, and the Gulf of Mexico. Their range continues south to the coast of Uruguay. In the eastern Atlantic, the Atlantic bumper are known from the coast of

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

to Angola. One single record was reported in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain in 1997.Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Chloroscombrus chrysurus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Chloroscombrus_chrysurus.pdf They are not found in the eastern Pacific although a visually similar species, ''Chloroscombrus orqueta'', or the

Pacific bumper The Pacific bumper (''Chloroscombrus orqueta'') is one of two game fish in the genus Chloroscombrus, from the subfamily Caranginae of the family Carangidae, part of the order Carangiformes. It is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern. This species ...

is ranged for that area. Little is known about how these two species relate to each other, and they may represent only one species. Kamerun1969-014 hg

The Atlantic bumper is found in subtropical waters up to 55 m in depth. They usually dwell near soft bottoms of the

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, but have been observed

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near the surface.Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992. Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD. While it is primarily a salt water fish, juveniles have been found in brackish estuaries.

References

External links

*http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=385 *https://web.archive.org/web/20080114212352/http://research.myfwc.com/gallery/image_details.asp?id=14507 *http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Chloroscombrus_chrysurus.asp {{Taxonbar, from=Q601677

Atlantic bumper 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, ...

Fish of the Atlantic Ocean

Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus