54 WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



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47. "TRACHINOTUS CAROLINUS." 398 944 



PoMPANO . " Head 4 ; depth 2/ 3 to 2f. D. VII-I, 25 ; 



Common Pompano ; A. II— I, 23. Body oblong, comparatively robust ; 

 Cobbler. greatest thickness 3 in greatest depth ; snout 



from mouth to horizontal from upper edge of eye nearly vertical, 

 somewhat bluntly rounded ; profile from upper edge of snout to pro- 

 cumbent spine evenly convex ; mouth nearly horizontal, maxillary 

 reaching to vertical from middle of eye, its length 27/% in head 

 eye 4^ in head, about as long as snout ; jaws without teeth in adult 

 ventrals reach i distance to vent, about 2 in pectorals, 2^ in head 

 dorsal and anal fins falcate, anterior rays nearly reaching middle of 

 fins when depressed; dorsal lobe 4^ in body ; anal b*4 in length 

 of body. Color bluish above, silvery or slightly golden below ; 

 pectorals and anal light orange shaded with bluish ; caudal and upper 

 portion of caudal peduncle with bluish reflections. Length 18 inches." 

 I quote from U. S. Commission Report 1896, page 233 : " Pom- 

 pano are taken occasionally, weighing 20 to 27 pounds, but none 

 was seen during the investigation. The largest reported weighed 27 

 pounds. They are probably the same species of Trachinotus known 

 about Key West as the 'Permit,' recently decided to be a distinct 

 species and named ' Trachinotus goodeV by Jordan & Evermann. 

 They are, of course, not the ' Permit ' of Indian River, which is a small 

 fish. The true Pompano of Indian River does not exceed 7 or 8 

 pounds in weight." U. S. Commission, 1896, has plate No. 38 of 

 the "Common Pompano." 



