Pacific bumper

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Smith-Vaniz, B. |author2=Robertson, R. |author3=Dominici-Arosemena, A. |author4=Molina, H. |date=2010 |title=''Chloroscombrus orqueta'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T183872A8192316 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183872A8192316.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Chloroscombrus orqueta | authority = D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883<ref>[http://eol.org/pages/207105/overview EOL.org]</ref> }} The '''Pacific bumper''' ('''''Chloroscombrus orqueta''''') is one of two game fish in the genus Chloroscombrus, from the subfamily Caranginae of the family Carangidae, part of the order Carangiformes.<ref name = Fishbase>{{Fishbase|Chloroscombrus|orqueta|month=August|year=2019}}</ref>

It is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern. This species ranges from southern California to the Gulf of California to central Peru. It is also found around Malpelo Island.<ref name = "FAO">{{cite book | last = Fischer | first = W. |author2=Krupp F. |author3=Schneider W. |author4=Sommer C. |author5=Carpenter K.E. |author6=Niem V.H. | title = Guía FAO para la identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacífico centro-oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1. | publisher = FAO | year = 1995 | location = Rome | page = 953 | url = https://www.fao.org/fishery/sidp/3,1/en#Ecp | isbn = 92-5-303409-2 }}</ref><ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

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Category:Chloroscombrus Category:Fish of the Gulf of California Category:Fish of Mexican Pacific coast Category:Western Central American coastal fauna Pacific bumper Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Category:Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert