Chloroscombrus
1 species
Chloroscombrus is a genus containing two species of tropical to temperate water marine fish in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae. Both members are commonly known as bumpers or bumperfish, with one species endemic to the Atlantic and the other to the eastern Pacific. They have a convex ventral profile compared to most other carangids, with small oblique mouths and low dorsal and anal fins. Phylogenetic studies have found they are most closely related to the jacks of the genus Hemicaranx, with these genera plus Selar, Selaroides and possibly Alepes, making up a clade within the Caranginae subfamily. They are predatory fish which live in both inshore and offshore environments ranging from estuaries to the edge of the continental shelf, and are of moderate importance to fisheries.
The two species in the genus are restricted to the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic and east Pacific Oceans, with C. chrysurus inhabiting both the east Americas and west African/European coasts of the Atlantic and C. orqueta inhabiting the Central American coastline of the east Pacific.
Both species are schooling coastal species, found on the continental shelf leading pelagic lifestyles. They are commonly found in shallow water environments including beaches, lagoons and estuaries. They are also rarely found in open ocean environments, commonly associated with floating objects, such as jellyfish.
Chloroscombrus is a genus containing two species of tropical to temperate water marine fish in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae. Both members are commonly known as bumpers or bumperfish, with one species endemic to the Atlantic and the other to the eastern Pacific. They have a convex ventral profile compared to most other carangids, with small oblique mouths and low dorsal and anal fins. Phylogenetic studies have found they are most closely related to the jacks of the genus Hemicaranx, with these genera plus Selar, Selaroides and possibly Alepes, making up a clade within the Caranginae subfamily. They are predatory fish which live in both inshore and offshore environments ranging from estuaries to the edge of the continental shelf, and are of moderate importance to fisheries.
The two species in the genus are restricted to the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic and east Pacific Oceans, with C. chrysurus inhabiting both the east Americas and west African/European coasts of the Atlantic and C. orqueta inhabiting the Central American coastline of the east Pacific.
Both species are schooling coastal species, found on the continental shelf leading pelagic lifestyles. They are commonly found in shallow water environments including beaches, lagoons and estuaries. They are also rarely found in open ocean environments, commonly associated with floating objects, such as jellyfish.