Definitions for: Pompano


[n] any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
[n] flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish



Webster (1913) Definition: Pom"pa*no, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also
pampano.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus
Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the
Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also
palometa.

Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T.
thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano (T. Carolinus)
are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific
coast.

2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus),
highly valued as a food fish.

Pompano shell (Zo["o]l.), a small bivalve shell of the
genus Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
[Florida]

See Also: carangid, carangid fish, Florida pompano, genus Trachinotus, permit, pompano, pompano, saltwater fish, Trachinotus, Trachinotus carolinus, Trachinotus falcatus

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