Pompano

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{other uses}} {{Automatic_taxobox | name = Pompano | image = Pompano common.jpg | image_caption = [[Florida pompano]] (''T. carolinus'') | taxon = Trachinotus | authority = [[Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1801 | type_species = ''Scomber falcatus'' | type_species_authority = [[Peter Forsskål|Forsskål]], 1775 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = {{collapsible list| *''Acanthinion'' Lacepède, 1802 *''Baillonus'' [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1815 *''Bothrolaemus'' [[John Edwards Holbrook|Holbrook]], 1855 *''Caesiomorus'' Lacepède, 1801 *''Doliodon'' [[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1858 *''Glaucus'' [[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1863 *''Hypodis'' Rafinesque, 1810 *''Pampanoa'' [[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1906 *''Psenopsis'' [[Theodore Nicholas Gill|Gill]], 1862 *''Zalocys'' [[David Starr Jordan|D.S Jordan]] & [[E.A. McGregor]], 1898 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Carangidae|access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref> }}

'''Pompanos''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɒ|m|p|ə|ˌ|n|oʊ}} {{respell|POM|pə|noh}}) are [[saltwater fish|marine fish]] in the [[genus]] '''''Trachinotus''''' in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Carangidae]] (better known as "jacks"). Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of Carangidae, or the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Perciformes]]. They are found worldwide in warmer seas, sometimes also entering [[brackish]] waters.<ref name=FishBase/>

== Description == 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 and 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.<ref name="FishBase">{{FishBase genus | genus = Trachinotus| month = August | year = 2019}}</ref><ref name="SmithVaniz2019">{{cite journal | author1=Smith-Vaniz, W.F. | author2=S.J. Walsh | year=2019 | title=Indo-West Pacific Species of Trachinotus with Spots on Their Sides as Adults, with Description of A New Species Endemic to the Marquesas Islands (Teleostei: Carangidae) | journal=Zootaxa | volume=4651 | issue=1 | pages=1–37 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.1 | pmid=31716919 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

They are toothless and are relatively large fish, up to about {{cvt|1.2|m|ft}} long, although most species reach no more than half or two-thirds of that size.<ref name="FishBase" />

==Species== The 21 currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref name="FishBase" /><ref name="CoF">{{Cof genus |Trachinotus|access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |''[[Trachinotus africanus]]'' [[J. L. B. Smith]], 1967 |southern pompano |[[File:Trachinotus africanus in UShaka Sea World 1007.jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus anak]]'' [[James Douglas Ogilby|J. D. Ogilby]], 1909 |oyster pompano |[[File:Trachinotus anak, Changi Beach imported from iNaturalist photo 430204818 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus baillonii]]'' (Lacépède, 1801) |smallspotted dart |[[File:Trachinotus baillonii 474168297 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus blochii]]'' (Lacépède, 1801) |snubnose pompano |[[File:Trachinotus blochii, Emily Bay, Kingston 2899, Norfolk Island imported from iNaturalist photo 163865327 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus botla]]'' ([[George Shaw (biologist)|G. Shaw]], 1803) |largespotted dart |[[File:Trachinotus botla.jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus carolinus]]'' ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766) |Florida pompano |[[File:Trachinotus carolinus (FDA 236) (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus cayennensis]]'' [[G. Cuvier]], 1832 |Cayenne pompano | |- |''[[Trachinotus coppingeri]]'' [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1884 |swallowtail dart |[[File:Trachinotus coppingeri 471105332 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus falcatus]]'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |permit |[[File:Trachinotus falcatus 597721083 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus goodei]]'' [[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[Barton Warren Evermann|Evermann]], 1896 |palometa |[[File:Trachinotus goodei 593805465 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus goreensis]]'' G. Cuvier, 1832 |longfin pompano | |- |''[[Trachinotus kennedyi]]'' [[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1876 |blackblotch pompano | |- |''[[Trachinotus macrospilus]]'' [[William Smith-Vaniz|Smith-Vaniz]] & [[Stephen J. Walsh|Walsh]], 2019 |Marquesas dart<ref name="SmithVaniz2019" /> | |- |''[[Trachinotus marginatus]]'' G. Cuvier, 1832 |plata pompano |[[File:Trachinotus marginatus 199067276 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus maxillosus]]'' G. Cuvier, 1832 |Guinean pompano | |- |''[[Trachinotus mookalee]]'' G. Cuvier, 1832 |Indian pompano |[[File:Trachinotus mookalee, 14310, Penang, Malaysia imported from iNaturalist photo 481396588 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus ovatus]]'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |pompano |[[File:Trachinotus ovatus 427453205 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus paitensis]]'' G. Cuvier, 1832 |Paloma pompano |[[File:Trachinotus paitensis NJ44-TrPa-PCM-01+1681189292.jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus rhodopus]]'' [[Theodore Nicholas Gill|T. N. Gill]], 1863 |gafftopsail pompano |[[File:Trachinotus rhodopus 64904304 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus stilbe]]'' (D. S. Jordan & [[E. A. McGregor]], 1899) |steel pompano |[[File:Trachinotus stilbe 428078689 (cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |''[[Trachinotus teraia]]'' G. Cuvier, 1832 |shortfin pompano | |}

==Human interactions== Of the 21 recognized species, most are valued as food and some are considered [[game fish]], including the [[Trachinotus falcatus|permit]] (''T. falcatus'').<ref name=FishBase/><ref name=SmithVaniz2019/> Several [[United States Navy]] submarines have been named after this genus: [[USS Pompano|USS ''Pompano'']] and [[USS Permit|USS ''Permit'']].

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Trachinotus}}

[[Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède]] [[Category:Trachinotinae]] [[Category:Trachinotus]]