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Any of several species of deep-bodied, toothless, silvery fishes in the order Perciformes (especially in the genus Trachinotus , family Carangidae) inhabiting warm coastal waters worldwide.
Some are highly prized as food. Pompanos have small scales, a narrow tail base, and a forked tail. The Florida, or common, pompano ( T. carolinus ), of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts, is about 18 in. (45 cm) long and weighs about 2 lbs (1 kg). The African pompano, or threadfish ( Alectis crinitis ), of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, is 35 in. (90 cm) long and has long, threadlike rays extending from the dorsal and anal fins. The Pacific pompano ( Peprilus simillimus ) is in the family Stromateidae.
Florida pompano ( Trachinotus carolinus ).
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