Species: Trachinotus rhodopus, Gafftopsail pompano
fins yellow
Trachinotus rhodopus Gill, 1863
Gafftopsail pompano
Body diamond shaped, strongly compressed; snout bluntly pointed; top jaw extendible; jaw teeth, if present, in narrow bands; gill rakers (excluding rudiments) short, 21-26; dorsal fin with VI short, stout, semi-isolated spines (1st often imbedded) before main part of fin; dorsal rays VI + I, 19-21; anal rays II + I, 18-20; dorsal & anal fins without isolated finlets behind, with long pointed lobes at front; base of anal about same length as that of soft dorsal; pectoral fin < head length; tail base without notches above & below; lateral line slightly arched at front; no scutes (hard, spiny scales) on lateral line; body scales oval.
Silvery with 4-6 yellowish to brown bars; fins yellow to reddish.
Grows to at least 61 cm.
Pelagic; often common around rocky offshore islets where it is seen close to the surface.
Depth: 0-30 m.
Southern California to theGulf of California to Peru, and Cocos, Galapagos and Malpelo.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Near Bottom
- Mid Water
- Surface
- Bottom + water column
- Near Surface
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Water column
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Bony fishes
- Pelagic crustacea
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 61
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
