Fish of the Trachinotus (pompanos) genus of the subfamily Trachinotdinae of the Carangidae family of the superfamily Percoidea of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Pompano. Photo by © Rui Patricio Freitas. fishbase.org)
Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It is a schooling pelagic coastal species. It inhabits the depth of 50-200 meters. Sometimes, it enters the bays, lagoons and estuaries. The maximum recorded length is 70 cm; specimens up to 35 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 2.8 kilograms. It feeds on small crustaceans, mollusks and fish.
(Pompano. Photo by © Roberto Pillon. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) in other languages as follows:
Lojba me pika (Albanian), Gaffelmakreel, Vorkpompano (Dutch), Μαυρολίτσα (Mavrolitsa) (Greek), Kahalon, Stela (Hebrew), Pámpano blanco (Spanish), Leccia stella (Italian), Bläuel (German), Glałka (Polish), Camochilo (Portuguese), Помпано (Pompano) (Russian), Strela modra, Filun, Lica modrulja (Serbian, Croatian), Pegasta lica (Slovenian), Yaladerma balığı (Turkish), Palomine (French).