Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus)

Scientific name: Chloroscombrus chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766

Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus)

The Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Carangidae.

Biology

Found over soft bottoms of the continental shelf; sometimes forming schools near the surface. Feeds on fish, cephalopods, zooplankton and detritus. Juveniles common in brackish estuaries and often associated with jellyfish. Marketed fresh and salted.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
65.0
Common length
25.0
Depth range
55 m (180 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 55 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, USA and Bermuda to Uruguay; throughout Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico; Bahamas, Antilles, along Central and South American coasts to Uruguay. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola. Replaced by Chloroscombrus orqueta in eastern Pacific. These two species have not been adequately studied and may prove to be conspecific.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.56)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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