Pomatomus
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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 
Category:Pomatomus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Pomatomus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Pomatomus at World Register of Marine Species
- Pomatomus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
