Pompanos ( ) are marine fishes in the

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''Trachinotus'' in the

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Carangidae The Carangidae are a family of ray-finned fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, runners, and scads. It is the largest of the six families included within the order Carangiformes. Some authorities classify it as the only family ...

(better known as "jacks"). Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of the Carangidae, or the

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. Their appearance is of deep-bodied fishes, exhibiting strong lateral compression, with a rounded face and pronounced curve to the anterior portion of their dorsal profile. Their ventral profile is noticeably less curved by comparison, while their anterior profile is straight-edged, tapering sharply to a narrow caudal peduncle. Their dorsal and anal fins are typically sickle-shaped, with very long anterior rays and a succession of much shorter rays behind, with a similarly long & curved, deeply forked tail which has a narrow base. They are typically overall silvery in color, sometimes with dark or yellowish fins, and one or a few black markings on the side of their body. They are toothless and are relatively large fish, up to about long, although most species reach no more than half or two-thirds of that size. They are found worldwide in warmer seas, sometimes also entering

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waters. Of the 21 recognized species, most are valued as food and some are considered

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, including the permit (''T. falcatus''). Several

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submarines have been named after this genus: USS ''Pompano'' and USS ''Permit''.

Species

The 21 currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''

Trachinotus africanus ''Trachinotus africanus''. the Southern pompano or African pompano, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the Indian Ocean. Description ''Trachinotus africanus'' is a very deep bodied fish, silver in colour with blue fins with yellow mar ...

J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...

, 1967 (southern pompano) * ''

Trachinotus anak ''Trachinotus anak'', the giant oystercracker, or oyster pompano, is a marine fish endemic to the coasts of tropical Australia, one of 20 species of pompano (''Trachinotus'' spp.). Description The fish has a silvery greenish or bluish-grey col ...

'' J. D. Ogilby, 1909 (oyster pompano) * ''

Trachinotus baillonii The smallspotted dart (''Trachinotus baillonii'') is an Indo-Pacific species of pompano in the family Carangidae. Description ''Trachinotus baillonii'' can reach a maximum length of in males and a maximum weight of . The body color varies from ...

'' (Lacépède, 1801) (smallspotted dart) * ''

Trachinotus blochii The snubnose pompano (''Trachinotus blochii''), also called the snubnose dart, golden pompano, and golden pomfret, is an Asia Pacific species of pompano in the family Carangidae. It is a pelagic fish associated with rocky reefs, coral reefs as w ...

'' (Lacépède, 1801) (snubnose pompano) * '' Trachinotus botla'' ( G. Shaw, 1803) (largespotted dart) * '' Trachinotus carolinus'' (

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, 1766) (Florida pompano) * '' Trachinotus cayennensis''

G. Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...

, 1832 (Cayenne pompano) * '' Trachinotus coppingeri'' Günther, 1884 (swallowtail dart) * ''

Trachinotus falcatus The permit (''Trachinotus falcatus'') is a game fish of the western Atlantic Ocean belonging to the family Carangidae. Adults feed on crabs, shrimp, and smaller fish. Taxonomy The permit was first described by the "father of taxonomy", Carl Lin ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (permit) * ''

Trachinotus goodei ''Trachinotus goodei'', the palometa, is an ocean-going game fish of the family Carangidae. Other common names include banner pompano, camade fish, cobbler, gafftopsail, great pompano, joefish, longfin pompano, old wife, sand mackerel, streamers ...

'' D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (palometa) * '' Trachinotus goreensis'' G. Cuvier, 1832 (longfin pompano) * '' Trachinotus kennedyi''

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, 1876 (blackblotch pompano) * '' Trachinotus macrospilus'' Smith-Vaniz &

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, 2019 (Marquesas dart) * '' Trachinotus marginatus'' G. Cuvier, 1832 (plata pompano) * '' Trachinotus maxillosus'' G. Cuvier, 1832 (Guinean pompano) * '' Trachinotus mookalee'' G. Cuvier, 1832 (Indian pompano) * ''

Trachinotus ovatus ''Trachinotus ovatus'', the pompano which is also known as the derbio or silverfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae, the jacks. It has large, strong fins. It is common in the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Atlantic Ocea ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (pompano) * '' Trachinotus paitensis'' G. Cuvier, 1832 (Paloma pompano) * ''

Trachinotus rhodopus The gafftopsail pompano (''Trachinotus rhodopus'') is a species of jack in the family Carangidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific. Distribution and habitat Gafftopsail pompanos are found in the eastern Pacific. Their range extends from Zuma B ...

'' 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

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q133930 Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Trachinotinae Trachinotus