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Family Carangidae, JACKS and POMPANOS
Trachinotus falcatus
Description: color gray,
dark or iridescent blue above, shading to silvery sides, in dark waters
showing golden tints around breast; small permit have teeth on tongue
(none on pompano); no scutes; dorsal fin insertion directly above that
of the anal fin; 17 to 21 soft anal rays.
Similar Fish: pompano,
T. carolinus.
The permit is deeper bodied; dorsal body profile forms angle at
insertion of second dorsal fin; pompano rarely grow larger than 6
pounds, permit common to 40 pounds.
Where found: OFFSHORE
on wrecks and debris, INSHORE on grass flats, sand flats, and in
channels; most abundant in south Florida, with smaller specimens from
every coastal county.
Size: common to 25 pounds.
*Florida Record: 51 lbs., 8 ozs.
Remarks: feeds mainly on bottom-dwelling crabs, shrimp, small clams, and small fish.
* The Florida records
quoted are from the Department of Environmental Protection's printed
publication, Fishing Lines and are not necessarily the most current
ones. The records are provided as only as a benchmark.
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