Pompano
| Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||
| Family: | Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) |
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| Order: | Carangiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Pompano | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay, British and Scandinavian waters (rare vagrant) to Angola, including the Mediterranean Sea and offshore islands. | |||
| Adult biology: | Adults are moderately common in shallow water in areas of surge. Found in clear waters (Ref. 27584), over sand or mud bottoms (Ref. 27000, 57392). Occasionally enters lagoons and river estuaries (Ref. 57392). Form schools (Ref. 27584, 57392). Small specimens are regularly caught at night from steep rocky shores. Adults feed on small crustaceans, mollusks and fishes (Ref. 4233). Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 4233). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Three to four subrorbital spines. D 6+23 (7+25); C20 (22); A 3+16 (2+24); P 17. Presence of several preopercular spines during the late stage with the posterior spines relatively longer. The operculum has two small spines at its upper corner. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | subtropical; 66°N - 13°S | |||
| Main Ref: | Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65) | |||
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| Checked by: Giovanardi, Otello |
Modified by: Reyes, Rodolfo B. |
Entered by: Papasissi, Christine |
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