Pompano
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| Florida Pompano, (T. carolinus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | Trachinotus Lacépède, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Scomber falcatus Forsskål, 1775 |
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Pompanos /ˈpɒmpənoʊ/ are marine fishes in the Trachinotus genus of the Carangidae family (better known as "jacks"). Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of Carangidae, or the order Perciformes. Their appearance is deep bodied and mackerel-like, typically silver and toothless with a forked tail and narrow base. There are twenty described species and most are valued as food. Some species are considered prize delicacies and game fish. A similar species is known as the permit, T. falcatus: two United States Navy submarines are named after it.
The Florida pompano, T. carolinus, reaches about 45 centimeters (18 in) and 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb), while the permit reaches about 90 centimeters (35 in) and more than 14 kilograms (31 lb).
Species [edit]
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Trachinotus africanus J. L. B. Smith, 1967 (Southern pompano)
- Trachinotus anak J. D. Ogilby, 1909 (Oyster pompano)
- Trachinotus baillonii (Lacépède, 1801) (Small spotted dart)
- Trachinotus blochii (Lacépède, 1801) (Snubnose pompano)
- Trachinotus botla (G. Shaw, 1803) (Largespotted dart)
- Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Florida pompano)
- Trachinotus cayennensis G. Cuvier, 1832 (Cayenne pompano)
- Trachinotus coppingeri Günther, 1884 (Swallowtail dart)
- Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Permit)
- Trachinotus goodei D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (Palometa)
- Trachinotus goreensis G. Cuvier, 1832 (Longfin pompano)
- Trachinotus kennedyi Steindachner, 1876 (Blackblotch pompano)
- Trachinotus marginatus G. Cuvier, 1832 (Plata pompano)
- Trachinotus maxillosus G. Cuvier, 1832 (Guinean pompano)
- Trachinotus mookalee G. Cuvier, 1832 (Indian pompano)
- Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pompano)
- Trachinotus paitensis G. Cuvier, 1832 (Paloma pompano)
- Trachinotus rhodopus T. N. Gill, 1863 (Gafftopsail pompano)
- Trachinotus stilbe (D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1899) (Steel pompano)
- Trachinotus teraia G. Cuvier, 1832 (Shortfin pompano)
References [edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Trachinotus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
