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Pompanos are marine fishes in the Trachinotus genus of the Carangidae
Carangidae

Carangidae is a family of fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, and scads.They are marine fish found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 family (better known as "jacks"). Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of Carangidae, or the order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 Perciformes
Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
. 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
Seafood

Seafood is any aquatic animal that is served as food and eaten by humans. Seafoods include fish and shellfish .The harvesting of seafood is known as fishing and the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture, mariculture, or in the case of fish, fish farming....
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Pompanos are marine fishes in the Trachinotus genus of the Carangidae
Carangidae

Carangidae is a family of fish which includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, and scads.They are marine fish found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 family (better known as "jacks"). Pompano may also refer to various other, similarly shaped members of Carangidae, or the order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 Perciformes
Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
. 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
Seafood

Seafood is any aquatic animal that is served as food and eaten by humans. Seafoods include fish and shellfish .The harvesting of seafood is known as fishing and the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture, mariculture, or in the case of fish, fish farming....
. Some species are considered prize delicacies and game fish. One species is also known as the permit, and two United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 submarine
Submarine

A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below water. It differs from a submersible, which has only limited underwater capability....
s are named after it.

The Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, reaches about 45 cm (18 inches) and 1.5 kg (three pounds), while the permit, Trachinotus falcatus reaches about 90 cm (three feet) and more than 14 kg (thirty pounds plus).

Species

There are twenty described species:
  • Southern pompano, Trachinotus africanus (Delsman, 1941).
  • Oyster pompano, Trachinotus anak Ogilby
    William Ogilby

    William Ogilby was an Ireland barrister and natural history.Ogilby was honorary secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1846....
    , 1909    .
  • Smallspotted dart, Trachinotus baillonii (Lacépède, 1801).
  • Snubnose pompano (Round pompano), Trachinotus blochii (Lacépède, 1801).
  • Largespotted dart, Trachinotus botla (Shaw, 1803).
  • Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus
    Carolus Linnaeus

    Carl Linnaeus was a Sweden botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern alpha taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology....
    , 1766)    .
  • Cayenne pompano, Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
    , 1832    .
  • Swallowtail dart, Trachinotus coppingeri Günther, 1884.
  • Permit
    Permit (fish)

    The Permit , Permit , is a sport fishing of the western Atlantic ocean belonging to the Carangidae Family . Adults feed on crabs, shrimp, and smaller fish....
    , Trachinotus falcatus (Valenciennes
    Achille Valenciennes

    Achille Valenciennes was a France zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology....
    , 1833)    .
  • Palometa
    Palometa

    Palometa is commonly used in naming fish. these names include:*Maracaibo leatherjacket, Oligoplites palometa*Pygocentrus palometa, species of Piranha...
    , Trachinotus goodei
    Trachinotus goodei

    The Trachinotus goodei,Trachinotus goodei, is an ocean-going sport fishing of the family Carangidae. In the wild, Palometa eat worms, insect pupae, and smaller fish ....
     Jordan
    David Starr Jordan

    David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenics, ichthyologist , educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University....
     & Evermann, 1896    .
  • Longfin pompano, Trachinotus goreensis (Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
    , 1833)    .
  • Blackblotch pompano, Trachinotus kennedyi Steindachner
    Franz Steindachner

    Franz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess....
    , 1876    .
  • Plata pompano, Trachinotus marginatus (Gill
    Theodore Gill

    Theodore Nicholas Gill was an United States ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history....
    , 1863)    .
  • Guinean pompano, Trachinotus maxillosus Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
    , 1832    .
  • Indian pompano, Trachinotus mookalee Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
    , 1832    .
  • Derbio, Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus
    Carolus Linnaeus

    Carl Linnaeus was a Sweden botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern alpha taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology....
    , 1758)    .
  • Paloma pompano, Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
    , 1832    .
  • Gafftopsail pompano, Trachinotus rhodopus (Gill
    Theodore Gill

    Theodore Nicholas Gill was an United States ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history....
    , 1863)    .
  • Steel pompano, Trachinotus stilbe (Jordan
    David Starr Jordan

    David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenics, ichthyologist , educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University....
     & McGregor, 1899)    .
  • Shortfin pompano, Trachinotus teraia Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
    , 1832    .