Pompano

 

Scientific name : Trachinotus ovatus

 

Order : Carangiformes (jacks, morays, dolphins…)
Size : Up to 70 cm
Distribution : Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Angola

 

Biology : The pompano is rather small for a trevally. To defend itself, it travels in rather loose schools and uses its reflective scales to blur the vision of its predators.
It is a fairly opportunistic fish, feeding on a variety of small animals that it captures in the water column.

 

IUCN status : Least concern