Palometa
Trachinotus goodei
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 546
- Most observed in
- 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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. It can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Trachinotus goodei”.