Pompano

Pompanos
Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Carangidae
Genus:	Trachinotus Lacépède, 1801
Species
See text.

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, and 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, Trachinotus falcatus reaches about 90 centimeters (35 in) and more than 14 kilograms (31 lb).

Species

There are twenty recognized species of Pompano:

• Southern pompano, Trachinotus africanus (Delsman, 1941).
• Oyster pompano, Trachinotus anak Ogilby, 1909.
• Smallspotted dart, Trachinotus baillonii (Lacépède, 1801).
• Snubnose pompano (Round pompano), Trachinotus blochii (Lacépède, 1801).
• Largespotted dart, Trachinotus botla (Shaw, 1803).
• Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766).
• Cayenne pompano, Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier, 1832.
• Swallowtail dart, Trachinotus coppingeri Günther, 1884.
• Permit, Trachinotus falcatus (Valenciennes, 1833).
• Palometa, Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896.
• Longfin pompano, Trachinotus goreensis (Cuvier, 1833).
• Blackblotch pompano, Trachinotus kennedyi Steindachner, 1876.
• Plata pompano, Trachinotus marginatus (Gill, 1863).
• Guinean pompano, Trachinotus maxillosus Cuvier, 1832.
• Indian pompano, Trachinotus mookalee Cuvier, 1832.
• Derbio, Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Paloma pompano, Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier, 1832.
• Gafftopsail pompano, Trachinotus rhodopus (Gill, 1863).
• Steel pompano, Trachinotus stilbe (Jordan & McGregor, 1899).
• Shortfin pompano, Trachinotus teraia Cuvier, 1832.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Trachinotus in FishBase. January 2006 version.