Pomatomus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πῶμα (pôma, “lid”) + τόμος (tómos, “piece”), referring to the operculum.

Proper noun

Pomatomus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Pomatomidae – bluefish.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes - order; Percoidei - suborder; Percoidea - superfamily; Pomatomidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Pomatomus saltatrix (also erroneously Pomatomus saltator) (sole extant species)

References

bluefish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pomatomus (Lacepède) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pomatomus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Pomatomus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Pomatomus at World Register of Marine Species
Pomatomus at Encyclopedia of Life
Pomatomus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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