What is Bluefish?
{{speciesbox | name = Bluefish | image = Pomatomus saltatrix.png | image_caption = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn | url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/190279/0 | title =''Pomatomus saltatrix''| author =NatureServe | year =2015 | accessdate =February 25, 2016 }}</ref> | grandparent_authority = [[Theodore Gill|Gill]], 1863 | genus = Pomatomus | parent_authority = [[Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1802 | species = saltatrix | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766) }} The '''bluefish''' ('''''Pomatomus saltatrix''''') 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 {{convert|150|cm}} and reach a weight of {{convert|15|kg}}. In the wild, they live to be about nine years old. Bluefish are [[predator]]s: 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. It is the only species in the family '''Pomatomidae''', in the genus '''''Pomatomus'''''. One [[Extinction|extinct]] relative of the bluefish is ''[[Lophar|Lophar miocaenus]]'', from the Late [[Miocene]] of Southern [[California]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Perciformes]] {{biology-stub}}