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Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of the Carangidae, or the order Perciformes. 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.
The fish sampled ranged in length from 79 to 481 mm (3.16-19.24 in). For this sample of Florida pompano, b = 2.9342 and c = 0.00076. This relationship predicts that a 12-inch (300 mm) pompano will weigh about a pound. Most are less than three pounds when caught, though the largest pompano recorded have weighed 8-9 lb and were 23–25 in long.
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 well as inshore habitats.
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 jack, wireback. [2] [1] This fish is native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Bermuda ...
The pompano dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselis) is a species of surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in tropical and subtropical waters. They are one of only two members of the family Coryphaenidae, the other being the mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish. [2] Pompano dolphinfish have a lifespan of three to four years.
Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret (or pompano to avoid confusion with true pomfrets of the genus Bramidae), is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. [2]
Diapterus auratus, the Irish mojarra or Irish pompano, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. Other common names for this species are the broad shad, silver perch and muttonfish. It is found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. [2]
Pompano is a common name for fish in the genus Trachinotus. Pompano may also refer to: Trachinotus ovatus, a species of fish referred to by the same name. Pompano Beach, Florida, a city; USS Pompano, three US naval boats: USS Pompano, a supply boat serving during World War I; USS Pompano, an infamously mechanically unreliable submarine, lost ...