Pompano

For other uses, see Pompano (disambiguation).

Pompanos (/ˈpɒmpəˌnoʊ/ POM-pə-noh) are marine fish in the genus Trachinotus in the family Carangidae (better known as "slabs"). 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. 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.^[2][3] They are toothless and are relatively large fish, up to about 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long, although most species reach no more than half or two-thirds of that size.^[2] They are found worldwide in warmer seas, sometimes also entering brackish waters.^[2]

Pompano
Florida pompano (T. carolinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	Carangidae
Subfamily:	Trachinotinae
Genus:	Trachinotus Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Scomber falcatus Forsskål, 1775
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
List Acanthinion Lacepède, 1802 Baillonus Rafinesque, 1815 Bothrolaemus Holbrook, 1855 Caesiomorus Lacepède, 1801 Doliodon Girard, 1858 Glaucus Bleeker, 1863 Hypodis Rafinesque, 1810 Pampanoa Fowler, 1906 Psenopsis Gill, 1862 Zalocys D.S Jordan & E.A. McGregor, 1898

Of the 21 recognized species, most are valued as food and some are considered game fish, including the permit (T. falcatus).^[2][3] Several United States Navy submarines have been named after this genus: USS Pompano and USS Permit.

Species

Trachinotus baillonii

Trachinotus blochii

Trachinotus goodei

Trachinotus ovatus

The 21 currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2][4]

• Trachinotus africanus J. L. B. Smith, 1967 (southern pompano)
• Trachinotus anak J. D. Ogilby, 1909 (oyster pompano)
• Trachinotus baillonii (Lacépède, 1801) (smallspotted dart)
• Trachinotus blochii (Lacépède, 1801) (snubnose pompano)
• Trachinotus botla (G. Shaw, 1803) (largespotted dart)
• Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 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 Steindachner, 1876 (blackblotch pompano)
• Trachinotus macrospilus Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2019 (Marquesas dart)^[3]
• 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)