Atlantic Bumper
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Chloroscombrus
Where to Find
Found in 36 diving areas across 25 countries and 5 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 15 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 5 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 4 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 4 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 8 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 11 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 11 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 12 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 15 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 26 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 11 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 5 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 12 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 4 records
- Utila, Honduras - 26 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 2 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 67 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 16 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 18 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 64 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 5 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 7 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 15 records