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Gaff-topsail pompano
Trachinotus goodei
- Saltwater
- Least Concern
- Max length
- 50 cm
Classification
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Trachinotus
Distribution
- Atlantic, Southwest
- Atlantic, Western Central
About the gaff-topsail pompano
Trachinotus goodei, the palometa, is an ocean-going game fish of the family Carangidae. Other common names include banner pompano, camade fish, cobbler, gafftopsail, great pompano, joefish, longfin pompano, old wife, sand mackerel, streamers jack, wireback. This fish is native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Bermuda to Argentina. It can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.
Where the gaff-topsail pompano lives
Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).
Also known as
- Palometa
- Pompano
- Pámpano listado
- Pompaneau guatie
- Большой трахинот
- 穀氏鯧鰺
- بنبان كبير
Where to catch gaff-topsail pompano
- Cape Fear River United States River · North Carolina
- Florida Bay (Everglades) United States Bay · Florida
- Florida Keys United States Coast · Florida
- Galveston Bay United States Bay · Texas
- Lake Pontchartrain United States Lake · Louisiana
- Port Aransas United States Coast · Texas
