Pompano
📖 Overview
Adults are moderately common in shallow water in areas of surge. Found in clear waters , over sand or mud bottoms . Occasionally enters lagoons and river estuaries . Form schools . Small specimens are regularly caught at night from steep rocky shores. Adults feed on small crustaceans, mollusks and fishes . Eggs are pelagic .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 27; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 22 - 25. Diagnosis: body moderately long (its depth 2.6-3.5 times in fork length) and compressed . Upper jaw very narrow at posterior end and extending only to below anterior third of eye; 22-32 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch . Tongue with small band of teeth . 2 dorsal fins, 1st with 6 spines, 2nd with 1 spine and 23-27 soft rays; anal fin with 2 detached spines followed by 1 spine and 22-25 soft rays . Lobes of soft dorsal and anal fins small , dorsal fin lobe 3.9-5.6 times in fork length . Length of second dorsal fin base equal to length of anal fin base . 2nd dorsal-fin lobe and pectoral fins shorter than head; scales small, cycloid, partially embedded in skin; lateral line very slightly arched over pectoral fins, straight thereafter, and without scutes . 3-5 black spots along anterior half of lateral line . Coloration: back greenish-grey, sides silvery with 3-5 vertically elongate black spots on anterior half of lateral line; dorsal-, anal- and caudal-fin lobes black-tipped .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pompano is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 50 - 200 m . Subtropical; 66°N - 13°S, 19°W - 36°E
🌿 Ecology
small crustaceans, mollusks and fishes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🎣 Angling Guide
- medium-heavy 7ft spinning rod
- 30-50 lb braid
- fluorocarbon leader
- grass flats
- oyster bars
- marsh drains
- deeper channel edges
Use barbless hooks, minimise air exposure, and revive fish head-first in current before release.
⚠️ Slot limits protect breeding-size fish. Verify daily bag limits.
📊 Population Dynamics
| Year | Region | Index | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Australian dart · Derbio · Glaucus · Pompano · Pompano, Derbio · Short Dorsal Fin Pompano · Silverfish · snubnose dart |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | بنبان بيضوي |
| 🌍CES | vidlatka skvrnitá |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Almindelig gaffelmakrel · Gaffelmakrel |
| 🇩🇪German | Bläuel · Dreipunkt-Langflossen-Stachelmakrele · Gabelmakrele |
| 🌍ELL | Γουφάρι · Λίτσα · Λιτσομελάνουρο · Μαυρολίτσα |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | nuijapompano |
| 🇫🇷French | Hirondelle · Liche · Palomine · Palomète · liche glauque |
| 🌍HEB | כחלון ים-תיכוני |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Leccia stella · Leccia stellata · leccio stella |
| 🌍LIT | Europinis Pompanas |
| 🌍MLT | Cervjola imperjali · Sirra · Stillera · Stillira · Strilja |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | gaffelmakreel · ronde pompano |
| 🌍NNO | gaffelmakrell |
| 🌍NOB | gaffelmakrell |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Gaffelmakrell |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Glalka · Sierpik glałka |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Camochilo · Dérbio · Pampo-australiano · Pámpano blanco · Sereia-camochilo |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Европейский трахинот |
| 🌍SLV | Pegasta lica |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Palometa blanca · Pamplano Blanca · Pámpano · derbio · pampano blanco |
| 🌍SQI | Lojbe pikaloshe · lojba me pika |
| 🌍SRP | Lica modrulja |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Blå gaffelmakrill · pompano |
| 🌍TUR | Yaladerma baligi · yaladerma · Çıplak |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 卵形鯧鰺 · 短鰭黃臘鰺 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caesiomorus glaucus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Caranx glaucus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Centronotus binotatus | Rafinesque | 1810 | Synonym |
| Centronotus ovalis | Lacepède | 1801 | Synonym |
| Gasterosteus ovatus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Glaucus rondeletii | Bleeker | 1863 | Synonym |
| Lichia glaucus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Lichia tetracantha | Bowdich | 1825 | Synonym |
| Scomber glaucus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Trachinotus glaucus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Trachinotus glauous | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Trachinotus madeirensis | Borodin | 1934 | Synonym |
| Trachynotus glaucus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Trachynotus ovatus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
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🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 289 records indexed .
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