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Related Keywords
- Achille Valenciennes
- Actinopterygii
- Animal
- Biological classification
- Carangidae
- Carolus Linnaeus
- Chordate
- David Starr Jordan
- Florida pompano
- Franz Steindachner
- Georges Cuvier
- Palometa
- Perciformes
- Seafood
- Submarine
- Theodore Gill
- Trachinotus carolinus
- Trachinotus falcatus
- Trachinotus goodei
- United States Navy
- William Ogilby
Pompano
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General Description
Pompanos are marine fishes in the Trachinotus genus of the Carangidae family better known as "jacks" . Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of Carangidae, or the order Perciformes. 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. A similar species is known as the permit, and two United States Navy submarines are named after it.
The Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, reaches about 45 160 cm 18 inches and 1.5 160 kg three pounds , while the permit, Trachinotus falcatus reaches about 90 160 cm three feet and more than 14 160 kg thirty pounds plus .

