American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . Round Pampano; Indian River Permit Trachinotus falcatiis (Linnaeus) The Round Pampano is found from Cape Cod to Florida, alongthe coast. It is colnmon southward but occurs northward only inthe Gulf Stream It reaches a foot or more in length and a weight of 3pounds, and is a good food-fish. It may be known from theold wife and the pampanito by the absence of dark vertical bars. Colour, bluish above, silvery below
American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . Round Pampano; Indian River Permit Trachinotus falcatiis (Linnaeus) The Round Pampano is found from Cape Cod to Florida, alongthe coast. It is colnmon southward but occurs northward only inthe Gulf Stream It reaches a foot or more in length and a weight of 3pounds, and is a good food-fish. It may be known from theold wife and the pampanito by the absence of dark vertical bars. Colour, bluish above, silvery below; lobe of dorsal black inyoung; fins in adult all bluish with lighter tips. Trachinotus rhomboides, the West Indian round pompano,occurs among the West Indies and southward. It seems to differfrom T. falcatus in the higher vertical fins. 315 The Mazatlan Pompano Trachiiiotiis culvert, the Mazatlan pompano, has lower fins thanT. falcatus, which it closely resembles It is known only from the vicinity of Mazatlan. It reaches 8to 10 inches in length, Trachinotits kenuedvi, the Pacific palmoneta, is another of therather uncommon species of this genus. It occurs on our PacificCoast from Magdalena Bay to Panama. It reaches a large sizeand is of value as a food-fish. It is the Pacific Coast represen-tative of T. goodei from which it may be distinguished by theabsence of a black axillary spot and the somewhat deeper body. Permit ; Great Pompano TracJiinotns goodei Jordan & Evermann The permit is the largest of all pompanos. It reaches alength of 3 feet and a weight of 27 pounds or more. It occursin the West Indies and north to Florida. It occurs about Key 316
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