Trachinotus ovatus Pompano

Trachinotus ovatus is commonly referred to as Pompano. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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AphiaID:: 126819

Scientific:: Trachinotus ovatus
German:: Bläuel
English:: Pompano

Category:: Makrele

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Trachinotus (Genus) > ovatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Benin, Straße von Gibraltar, Ghana, Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Bay of Biscay, Cameroon, China, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Jamaica, Madeira, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Portugal, São Tomé e Principé, Scandinavia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Spain, Thailand, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: 13.78" - 27.56" (35cm - 70cm)
Temperature:: 60.8 °F - 82.4 °F (16°C - 28°C)
Food:: Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Rock shrimps, Sea squirts, Snails, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Trachinotus africanus
Stachelmakrele
Trachinotus anak
Trachinotus baillonii
Dreifleck-Gabelmakrele
Trachinotus blochii
Kurz- oder Stumpfnasen-Makrele
Trachinotus botla
Großgepunktete Stachelmakrele
Trachinotus carolinus
Florida-Gabelmakrele, Florida-Stachelmakrele
Trachinotus cayennensis
Trachinotus coppingeri
Trachinotus falcatus
Trachinotus goodei
Stachelmakrele
Trachinotus goreensis
Trachinotus kennedyi
Trachinotus marginatus
Stachelmakrele
Trachinotus maxillosus
Trachinotus mookalee
Trachinotus ovatus
Bläuel
Trachinotus paitensis
Trachinotus rhodopus
Stachelmakrele
Trachinotus stilbe
Stachelmakrele
Trachinotus teraia

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-09-22 20:44:06
Last edit:: 2012-09-22 20:44:06

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Eastern Atlantic:
Bay of Biscay, British and Scandinavian waters (rare vagrant) to Angola, including the Mediterranean Sea and offshore islands.

Biologie:
Moderately common in shallow water in areas of surge.
Found in clear waters, over sand or mud bottoms. Form schools.
Small specimens are regularly caught at night from steep rocky shores.
Feed on small crustaceans, mollusks and fishes. Eggs are pelagic.

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums.

Synonymised taxa:
Caesiomorus glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caesiomorus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caranx glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Centronotus binotatus Rafinesque, 1810
Centronotus ovalis Lacepède, 1801
Gasterosteus ovatus Linnaeus, 1758
Glaucus rondeletii Bleeker, 1863
Lichia glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lichia glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Lichia tetracantha Bowdich, 1825
Scomber glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
Trachinotus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trachinotus madeirensis Borodin, 1934
Trachynotus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trachynotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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