{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{other uses}} {{Automatic_taxobox | name = Pompano | image = Pompano common.jpg | image_caption = Florida pompano (''T. carolinus'') | taxon = Trachinotus | authority = Lacépède, 1801 | type_species = ''Scomber falcatus'' | type_species_authority = Forsskål, 1775 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = {{collapsible list| *''Acanthinion'' <small>Lacepède, 1802</small> *''Baillonus'' <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> *''Bothrolaemus'' <small>Holbrook, 1855</small> *''Caesiomorus'' <small>Lacepède, 1801</small> *''Doliodon'' <small>Girard, 1858</small> *''Glaucus'' <small>Bleeker, 1863</small> *''Hypodis'' <small>Rafinesque, 1810</small> *''Pampanoa'' <small>Fowler, 1906</small> *''Psenopsis'' <small>Gill, 1862</small> *''Zalocys'' <small>D.S Jordan & E.A. McGregor, 1898</small> }} | 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 marine fish in the genus '''''Trachinotus''''' in the family Carangidae (better known as "jacks"). Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of Carangidae, or the 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'' <small>J. L. B. Smith, 1967</small> |southern pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus anak'' <small>J. D. Ogilby, 1909</small> |oyster pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus baillonii'' <small>(Lacépède, 1801)</small> |smallspotted dart |frameless |- |''Trachinotus blochii'' <small>(Lacépède, 1801)</small> |snubnose pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus botla'' <small>(G. Shaw, 1803)</small> |largespotted dart |frameless |- |''Trachinotus carolinus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1766)</small> |Florida pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus cayennensis'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1832</small> |Cayenne pompano | |- |''Trachinotus coppingeri'' <small>Günther, 1884</small> |swallowtail dart |frameless |- |''Trachinotus falcatus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> |permit |frameless |- |''Trachinotus goodei'' <small>D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896</small> |palometa |frameless |- |''Trachinotus goreensis'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1832</small> |longfin pompano | |- |''Trachinotus kennedyi'' <small>Steindachner, 1876</small> |blackblotch pompano | |- |''Trachinotus macrospilus'' <small>Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2019</small> |Marquesas dart<ref name="SmithVaniz2019" /> | |- |''Trachinotus marginatus'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1832</small> |plata pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus maxillosus'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1832</small> |Guinean pompano | |- |''Trachinotus mookalee'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1832</small> |Indian pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus ovatus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> |pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus paitensis'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1832</small> |Paloma pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus rhodopus'' <small>T. N. Gill, 1863</small> |gafftopsail pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus stilbe'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1899)</small> |steel pompano |frameless |- |''Trachinotus teraia'' <small>G. Cuvier, 1832</small> |shortfin pompano | |}
==Human interactions== Of the 21 recognized species, most are valued as food and some are considered game fish, including the permit (''T. falcatus'').<ref name=FishBase/><ref name=SmithVaniz2019/> Several United States Navy submarines have been named after this genus: USS ''Pompano'' and USS ''Permit''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Trachinotus}}
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Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Category:Trachinotinae Category:Trachinotus