Carangidae

pompano

Trachinotus goodei

Fifty Centimeters Carangid Fish of Mexican Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

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.