Pacific bumper

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Smith-Vaniz, B. |author2=Robertson, R. |author3=Dominici-Arosemena, A. |author4=Molina, H. |date=2010 |title=Chloroscombrus orqueta |volume=2010 |page=e.T183872A8192316 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183872A8192316.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Chloroscombrus orqueta

| authority = D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883[http://eol.org/pages/207105/overview EOL.org]

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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.{{Fishbase|Chloroscombrus|orqueta|month=August|year=2019}}

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.{{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 | pages = 953 | url = https://www.fao.org/fishery/sidp/3,1/en#Ecp | isbn = 92-5-303409-2 }}

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