Family: POMATOMIDAE, Bluefish
D VII-VIII (weak, short) + I, 23-28
jaws: 1 row triangular, compressed teeth
A II
FAMILY POMATOMIDAE
BLUEFISH
Body sturdy, elongated, compressed; head large; mouth large, opens at front, lower jaw sometimes projecting; jaw teeth prominent, triangular, sharp, compressed, fixed together, in a single row; preopercle with a membrane flap over bone below it; two dorsal fins: VII-VIII weak, short spines + I, 23-28 low, long soft dorsal; anal fin a little shorter than soft dorsal, II-III, 23-27; tail fin moderately forked; pectorals short; pelvics inserted before pectoral base; scales small, covering head, body and bases of vertical fins and all of soft dorsal and anal; lateral line complete, straight.
Cosmopolitan with one species (except for the E Pacific), in the Greater Caribbean.
PREPARED BY D ROSS ROBERTSON, AFTER FAO
