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, 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 co ...

'' 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, 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''

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

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