Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Carangidae > Trachinotus > Trachinotus goodei

Trachinotus goodei (Zelwan; Wireback; Streamers jack; Sand mackerel; Pompano; Permit; Palometa; Old wife; Longfin pompano; Joefish; Great pompano; Gaff-topsail; Gafftopsail; Cobbler; Camade fish; Banner pompano)

Synonyms: Chaetodon glaucus; Trachinotus glaucus (heterotypic); Trachinotus palometa
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Palometa, Trachinotus goodei, 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, and zelwan. 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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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayos Cochinos Archipelago National Park Natural Marine Monument   Honduras  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  

Prey / Diet

Predators

Carcharhinus longimanus (Whitetip whaler)[1]
Synodus intermedius (Sand diver)[1]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0