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Snubnose pompano

Order Perciformes

Family Carangidae

Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Dorsal side silvery blue grey, ventrally paler; large adults golden orange, especially snout and ventral half of body. Dorsal snout profile very steep and broadly rounded. Fins dorsal greater than anal, soft-rays greatly elevated, spines embedded and inconspicuous in large adult; caudal strongly forked, caudal peduncle grooves absent.

Characteristics

FAO code
POO

Specie
Trachinotus blochii

Type
Blue fish

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 51: the Western part of the Indian Ocean
Area 57: the Eastern part of the Indian Ocean
Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 71: the Western Central part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 77: the Eastern Central part of the Pacific Ocean
Area 81: the Southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean

International denominations

Germany Pompano

China 狮鼻鲳鯵

France Pompaneau lune

Portugal Sereia

United Kingdom Snubnose pompano

Fishing areas

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