Pompano

Trachinotus goodei

Trachinotus is a string of twenty species of genus trevally ( Carangidae ). Trachinotus species occur in tropical and subtropical zones of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean, the fork mackerel ( Trachinotus ovatus ) in the Mediterranean, on the European Atlantic coast, in the Irish Sea and the North Sea. Some species penetrate into brackish water, rarely up in freshwaters.

Features

Trachinotus species are 34-122 cm long. They are very high backs and sides strongly flattened. Your mouth is relatively small and is not sufficient to below the posterior margin of the eyes. If teeth are present, they are small and are in a narrow range. The throat is scaly. The pectoral fins are in contrast to those of the genus caranx shorter than the head and do not sickle-shaped. The fin rays supported by hard parts of dorsal and anal fin are lengthened, the weichflossigen sections approximately equal in length. The upper edges of these fins are dark in most cases. The tail fins stem has neither pits nor keels. The scales of the posterior lateral line are not prickly like Caranx.

Species

• Trachinotus africanus ( Delsman, 1941)
• Trachinotus anak ( Ogilby, 1909)
• Trachinotus baillonii ( Lacépède, 1801)
• Trachinotus blochii ( Lacépède, 1801)
• Trachinotus botla ( Shaw, 1803)
• Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766 )
• Trachinotus cayennensis ( Cuvier, 1832)
• Trachinotus coppingeri ( Günther, 1884)
• Trachinotus falcatus ( Valenciennes, 1833)
• Trachinotus goodei ( Jordan & Evermann, 1896)
• Trachinotus goreensis ( Cuvier, 1833)
• Trachinotus kennedyi ( Steindachner, 1876)
• Trachinotus marginatus ( Gill, 1863)
• Trachinotus maxillosus ( Cuvier, 1832)
• Trachinotus mookalee ( Cuvier, 1832)
• Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Trachinotus paitensis ( Cuvier, 1832)
• Trachinotus rhodopus ( Gill, 1863)
• Trachinotus Stilbe ( Jordan & McGregor, 1899)
• Trachinotus teraia ( Cuvier, 1832)