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, cephalopods, and zooplankton.

Atlantic bumper
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Chloroscombrus
Species:
C. chrysurus
Binomial name
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, 1766
  • Micropterus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Micropteryx chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Scomber chloris Bloch, 1793
  • Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier, 1829
  • Micropteryx cosmopolita (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Chloroscombrus caribbaeus Girard, 1858
  • Chloroscombrus ectenurus Jordan & Osgood, 1897
  • Chloroscombrus hesperius Fowler, 1906
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