id: 306

name: Bluefish

flavor_bible_name_variants: bluefish,crayfish,monkfish,sea urchin,swordfish,tilefish

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status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Bluefish

flavor_db_name_variants: bluefish

name_scientific: Pomatomus saltatrix

description: The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) is the only extant species of the family Pomatomidae. It is a marine pelagic fish found around the world in temperate and subtropical waters, except for the northern Pacific Ocean. Bluefish are known as tailor in Australia, shad on the east coast of South Africa, elf on the west coast. Other common names are blue, chopper, and anchoa. It is good eating and a popular gamefish. The bluefish is a moderately proportioned fish, with a broad, forked tail. The spiny first dorsal fin is normally folded back in a groove, as are its pectoral fins. Coloration is a grayish blue-green dorsally, fading to white on the lower sides and belly. Its single row of teeth in each jaw are uniform in size, knife-edged, and sharp. Bluefish commonly range in size from seven-inch (18-cm) "snappers" to much larger, sometimes weighing as much as 40 pounds (18 kg), though fish heavier than 20 pounds (9 kg) are exceptional.

itis_id: 168559

wikipedia_id: Bluefish

picture_file_name: 309.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 10960

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:42:50.000Z

legacy_id: 336

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:31.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:22.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 75034

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00306