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Palometa
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Palometa

Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishPalometa
Dutch—
SpanishPámpano listado
Chinese谷氏鲳鲹
Scientific nameTrachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896

About this species

Trachinotus goodei, the palometa, is an ocean-going game fish of the family Trachinotidae. 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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyCarangidae
GenusTrachinotus

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