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Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus)
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Ecological Illustration of Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus)
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Carangidae

Atlantic bumper

Chloroscombrus chrysurus

Fish Reaching Sixty Five Centimeters in Mexican Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

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.

Body shape
fusiform
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