Leather jacket. Common Pompano 363 



Color: Bluish; 5-7 dark vertical bands on sides of body. 



Tail white-tipped. 



Distribution: Cosmopolitan in warm seas. In the American 



Atlantic it strays as far north as Nova Scotia. 



Size: Reaches a length of about 2 feet. 



General Information: The Pilot Fish accompanies sharks 



in their wanderings, feeding on scraps left by these larger 



animals and on the many parasites present on the bodies 



of the sharks. 



Economic Importance: None. 



Leatherjacket 

 Oligoplites saurus (Bloch and Schneider) 



The Leatherjacket occurs on both coasts of tropical Amer- 

 ica. In the Atlantic it reaches as far north as Cape Cod, 

 but it is uncommon from Chesapeake Bay north. This fish 

 grows to a length of about one foot. 



Common Pompano 

 Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus) 



The Common Pompano is found from Brazil to Cape Cod, 

 but specimens found north of Virginia are usually the 

 young, less than 4-5 inches long. It is said to reach a 

 weight of 8 pounds, but fish weighing 2 pounds and about 



