Pompano - Palometa blanca - Trachinotus ovatus
The Pompano, Palometa blanca (Trachinotus ovatus) is a sea fish belonging to the Carangidae family. Leccia Stella Trachinotus ovatus Palometa blanca intotheblue.it
It has an oval body, laterally compressed and high, skin with small and smooth scales (127 along the lateral line, which is curved above the pectoral fins). The head has a short and rounded snout. The eyes are not very large and carry an adipose eyelid. The mouth, small and oblique, is slightly protractile and the lower jaw is just a little more protruding than the upper one. The teeth are small and sharp and are grouped in different series. The nostrils are very close together.
The first dorsal fin, preceded by a short spike, is formed by five or six spines, fitted at the back with a small membrane, which can fold back and disappear in a dorsal groove. The second dorsal is long and low, but with a long lobe-shaped beginning and is similar and symmetrical to the anal. The anal is preceded by two isolated spines, which can fold back and disappear in a ventral groove. The codale is forked, with very long and narrow lobes. The pectoral ones are short and the ventral ones are even smaller.
The Pompano, Palometa blanca (Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)) is a bony sea fish belonging to the Carangidae family.
Distribution and habitat
It is widespread throughout the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean between the English Channel and tropical Africa. Very rarely it has been found as far north as Sweden and Norway. In Italian waters it is very common.
It is pelagic but purely coastal, it is usually found on sandy substrates but it is not an imperative. In winter it is more offshore.
Description
It has an ovoid body, laterally compressed, with a small mouth and rather large eyes compared to the leccia. The anal and first dorsal fins are symmetrical and opposite, the tail deeply struck. The color is pearly white with 3-5 darker oval spots on the sides and with the tips of the black fins.
Rarely reaches 50 cm in length with a maximum of 2 kg.
Supply
Based on small fish, especially lattarini, which also hunts near the shore. His technique is based on throwing himself into the bench and struggling when he grabs a prey. The fish in a desperate attempt to confuse the fish jump out of the water.
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