Pompano
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| This article is uncategorized. Please categorize this article to list it with similar articles. (December 2007) |
For the coastal city, see Pompano Beach, Florida.
| Pompanos | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image:Pompano common.jpg Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus
| ||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| Species | ||||||||||||
|
See text. |
Pompanos are marine fishes in the Trachinotus genus of the Carangidae family. Pompano may also refer to various other members of the Carangidae family and Perciforme order. Their appearance is deep bodied and mackerel-like, typically silver colored and toothless with a forked tail and narrow base. There are twenty described species and most are valued as seafood. Some species are considered prize delicacies and game fish.
The Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, reaches about 45 cm (18 inches) and 1.5 kg (three pounds), while the permit, Trachinotus falcatus reaches about 90 cm (three feet) and more than 14 kg (thirty pounds plus).
[edit] Species
There are twenty described species:
- Southern pompano, Trachinotus africanus (Delsman, 1941).
- Oyster pompano, Trachinotus anak Ogilby, 1909.
- Smallspotted dart, Trachinotus baillonii (Lacépède, 1801).
- Snubnose 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, l>Cuvier, 1832.
[edit] References
- "Trachinotus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
