Blackblotch pompano (Trachinotus kennedyi)

Scientific name: Trachinotus kennedyi Steindachner, 1876

Blackblotch pompano (Trachinotus kennedyi)

The Blackblotch pompano (Trachinotus kennedyi) is a brackish-water fish of the family Carangidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Bah?a Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador.

Biology

Body short, deep, and compressed; mouth small; teeth small, villiform, and only slightly hooked, didsappearing with age; lower branch of first gill arch with 9 to 12 gill rakers; dorsal fin with 6 spines followed by another spine and 17 to 19 soft rays (VII+I,17-19); nape prominent in adults; upper third of head and body dark; belly silvery; a dark axillary stain I covered by the pectoral fin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Trachinotus kennedyi
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
90.0
Common length
40.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Bah?a Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico and southern Gulf of California to Ecuador.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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