Elf
Pomatomus saltatrix
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Pomatomidae
- Genus
- Pomatomus
Where to Find
Found in 21 diving areas across 16 countries and 6 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 252 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 453 records
- Victoria, Australia - 37 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 8 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 18603 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 206 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 54 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 10 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 1 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 14 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 23 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 10 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 3 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 16 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records