Pacific bumper (Chloroscombrus orqueta)

Scientific name: Chloroscombrus orqueta Jordan & Gilbert, 1883

Pacific bumper (Chloroscombrus orqueta)

The Pacific bumper (Chloroscombrus orqueta) is a brackish-water fish of the family Carangidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, San Pedro, southern California, USA to Peru, including the Gulf of California.

Biology

Body oval and strongly compressed; snout short and blunt; chest covered with scales; lateral line conspicuously curved anteriorly, with 6 to 14 very weak scutes along the caudal peduncle; lower branch of first gill arch with 9 to 12 gill rakers; body and head blue green; flanks and belly silvery; edge of operculum with very characteristic black stain; dorsal region of caudal also stained black.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Chloroscombrus orqueta
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Common length
18.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: San Pedro, southern California, USA to Peru, including the Gulf of California.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming tm=1)

Sources

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

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