Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus 1766)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 211

Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus 1766)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 130 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-200 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal in tropical to subtropical waters, except the eastern Pacific. Eastern Atlantic: known from Portugal to South Africa, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands.