Pomatomus

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Pomatomus m

1. 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System.