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Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier, 1832. Paloma Pompano. To 50.8 cm (20 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Redondo Beach, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Chile (Peque��o 1989), including Gulf of California and Islas Gal��pagos (Miller and Lea 1972). Depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 1���100 m (3���328 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996)., Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 155, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008, {"references":["Miller, D. J. & Lea, R. N. (1972) Guide to the coastal marine fishes of California. California Department of Fish and Game Fish Bulletin, 157.","Pequeno R., G. (1989) Peces de Chile lista sistematica revisada y comentada. Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia, 24, 1 - 132.","Amezcua Linares, F. (1996) Peces Demersales de la Platforma Continental del Pacifico Central de Mexico. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico."]}

Trachinotus rhodopus Gill, 1863. Gafftopsail Pompano. To 61 cm (24 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Near Diablo Cove, central California (Jay Carroll, pers. comm. to M.L.) to Callao, Peru (Chirichigno and V��lez 1998), including southern and central Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002) and Islas Gal��pagos (Miller and Lea 1972). Surface to 30 m (98 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996)., Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008, {"references":["Miller, D. J. & Lea, R. N. (1972) Guide to the coastal marine fishes of California. California Department of Fish and Game Fish Bulletin, 157.","Chirichigno, F. N. & Velez D, J. (1998) Clave para identificaticar los peces marinos del Peru (segunda edicion, revisada y actualizada). Instituto de Mar de Peru Publicacion Especial.","Robertson, D. R. & Allen, G. R. (2002) Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific: an information system. CD-ROM. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.","Amezcua Linares, F. (1996) Peces Demersales de la Platforma Continental del Pacifico Central de Mexico. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico."]}

Trachinotus kennedyi Steindachner, 1875. Blackblotch Pompano or Pacific Permit. To 73 cm (28.7 in) (Robertson and Allen 2015) or 90 cm (35.4 in) TL (Jim��nez Prado and B��arez 2004). Bah��a San Bartolome (27��41���N, 114��53���W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), southern Baja California to Pucusana, Peru (Chirichigno and V��lez 1998), including Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002). Shallow inshore (Watson et al. in Moser 1996); marine and brackish waters (Fricke et al. 2020); depth: surface (nightlight) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 3���72 m (9���236 ft) (min.: Personal Communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Franke and Acero 1993)., Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 155, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008, {"references":["Robertson, D. R. and Allen, G. R. (2015) Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: an Information System. Version 2.0 (2008). Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa. http: // biogeodb. stri. si. edu / sftep / en / pages","Jimenez Prado, P. & Bearez, P. (2004) Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / marine fishes of continental Ecuador. SIMBIOE / NAZCA / IFEA TOMO II, Quito.","Chirichigno, F. N. & Velez D, J. (1998) Clave para identificaticar los peces marinos del Peru (segunda edicion, revisada y actualizada). Instituto de Mar de Peru Publicacion Especial.","Robertson, D. R. & Allen, G. R. (2002) Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific: an information system. CD-ROM. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.","Moser, H. G. (Ed.). (1996) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. CALCOFI Atlas, No. 33.","Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (Eds). 2020. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, Reference. Available from: http: // researcharchive. calacademy. org / research / ichthyology / catalog / fishcatmain. asp (accessed 17 April 2021).","Franke, R. & Acero P, A. (1993) Peces carangoideos del Parque Gorgona, Pacifico Colombiano (Osteichthys: Carangidae, Nematistiidae y Coryphaenidae). Revista Biologia Marina, 28, 51 - 73."]}

Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lichia glauca: W. Steinitz, 1927; Spicer, 1931; Liebman, 1934; Bodenheimer, 1935; Shmida, 1968 (Feed., Heb.). Trachinotus glaucus: Hornell, 1935; Bodenheimer, 1937. Caesiomorus glaucus: Ben-Tuvia, 1953a; Ben-Tuvia, 1953c. Trachinotus ovatus: Ben-Tuvia, 1971a; Lourie, 1972 (Ichthyoplan., Heb.); Diamant, 1977 (Heb.); Fischthal, 1980 (Parasit.); Golani, 1996; Golani, 1997 (Heb.); Golani, 2005; Golani et al., 2007; Frid, 2015 (Fish.)., Published as part of Golani, Daniel, 2021, An updated Checklist of the Mediterranean fishes of Israel, with illustrations of recently recorded species and delineation of Lessepsian migrants, pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 4956 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4956.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4691195, {"references":["Steinitz, W. (1927) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Kustenfauna Palastinas. I. Publicazioni deella Stazzione Zoologica di Napoli, 8 (3 - 4), 311 - 353.","Spicer, I. J. (1931) Fisheries. In: Report of the Department of Agriculture and Forests for the Years 1927 - 30. Printing Office, Russian Building, Jerusalem, pp. 159 - 160.","Liebman, E. (1934) Contribution to the knowledge of Palestine sea fishes. Rapport et Proces-Verbaux des Reunion, 8, 317 - 327.","Bodenheimer, F. S. (1935) Animal Life in Palestine. L. Mayer, Jerusalem. pp. 451 - 506.","Shmida, A. (1968) The food of pelagic carnivores from the coast of Israel, summer 1967. Fisheries and Fishbreeding in Israel, 2 (4), 17 - 23. [in Hebrew]","Hornell, J. (1935) Report on the Fisheries of Palestine. Government of Palestine. Crown Agent for the Colonies, London, 106 pp.","Bodenheimer, F. S. (1937) Prodromus Faunae Palestinae. Mem. Inst. Egypt, 233, 271 - 275.","Ben-Tuvia, A. (1953 a) Mediterranean fishes of Israel. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa, 8, 1 - 40.","Ben-Tuvia, A. (1953 c) Fishes caught off Caesarea, on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, 2 (4), 439.","Ben-Tuvia, A. (1971 a) Revised list of the Mediterranean fishes of Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 20, 1 - 39.","Lourie, A. (1972) Distribution and occurrence of the young stages of fishes in the upper layers along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. M. Sc. Thesis. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 85 pp. [in Hebrew]","Diamant, A. (1977) A quantitative and qualitative analysis of a fish community of an artificial reef in the Mediterranean Sea, with comparison to those of natural biotopes. M. Sc. Thesis. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 106 pp. [in Hebrew]","Fischthal, J. H. (1980) Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Israel's Mediterranean coast and their zoogeography, especially those from the Red Sea immigrant fishes. Zoologica Scripta, 9, 11 - 23. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1980. tb 00647. x","Golani, D. (1997) Handbook of the Fishes of Israel. Keter Publishing House Ltd. Jrusalem. 269 pp. [in Hebrew].","Frid, O. (2015) Gear selectivity and seasonality in Israeli gill and trammel net fisheries. M. SC. thesis. University of Tel-Aviv, 58 + 2 pp."]}

Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801) Material examined. MALAYSIA • 2, 303– 311 mm TL; Kedah State, Kuala Kedah, Kuala Muda Whispering Market; 05.578°N, 100.341°E; 4 Mar. 2019; Danial H. Zainal Abidin, Norli F.M.A.H. Alshari leg.; USMFC (69) 00021., Published as part of Zainal Abidin, Danial Hariz, Lavoué, Sébastien, Mohd Abu Hassan Alshari, Norli Fauzani, Mohd. Nor, Siti Azizah, A. Rahim, Masazurah & Mohammed Akib, Noor Adelyna, 2021, Ichthyofauna of Sungai Merbok Mangrove Forest Reserve, northwest Peninsular Malaysia, and its adjacent marine waters, pp. 601-631 in Check List 17 (2) on page 621, DOI: 10.15560/17.2.601

Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus 1758) ���Pompano Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Lichia glauca, L. by Gruvel (1931: 109); subsequently recorded as Trachynotus glaucus (Linnaeus 1758) by George et al. (1964: 19); as Trachynotus ovatus (Linnaeus) by Mouneimn�� (1977: 63); as Trachynotus ovatus (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimn�� (2002: 149). Recent unpublished records from Beirut (13 October 2009). Material in collection: ANSP, AUBM, BMNH, CAS, MCZ, USNM and YPM (as T. glaucus and T. ovatus). Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Angola, including offshore islands; southern central Atlantic: Saint Helena Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 10 May 2013); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, HAB, NIS, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Significant decline in the last two decades. Low priority for conservation action., Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887, {"references":["Gruvel, A. (1931) Les Etats de Syrie. Richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle-Avenir. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniale, 453 pp.","George, C. J., Athanassiou, V. A. & Boulos, I. (1964) The fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers in the Natural Sciences. The American University of Beirut, 4, 1 - 24.","Mouneimne, N. (1977) Liste des poissons de la cote du Liban (Mediterranee orientale). Cybium, 3 (1), 37 - 66.","Mouneimne, N. (2002) Poissons marins du Liban et de la Mediterranee orientale. INCAM-EU / CNRS Lebanon, Beyrouth, 271 pp."]}

Key to Indo-West Pacific species of Trachinotus 1a One to seven dark spots on or near lateral line (spots usually absent in specimens smaller than about 10–15 cm FL); segmented dorsal-fin rays 20–26; anal-fin pterygiophores inserting in first interhemal space typically 3 (Fig. 1, Table 1)............ 2 1b No spots on or near lateral line at any size; segmented dorsal-fin rays 18–20 (except 21–23 in T. africanus); anal-fin pterygiophores inserting in first interhemal space typically 2........................................................ 5 2a Adults with black spots in fresh specimens; no large spot above pectoral fin in adults............................... 3 2a Adults with silvery-gray spots in fresh specimens; 1 or 2 large spots above pectoral fin in adults....................... 4 3a Largest spot on side of adults usually smaller than or approximately size of iris diameter; adults with 2-6 spots (usually 3) spots on sides; height of dorsal-fin lobe 18.9–46.0% FL, mean 28.9%, in specimens> 200 mm FL (broadly distributed in Indo-West Pacific)..................................................................................... T. baillonii 3b Largest spot on side of adults distinctly larger than iris diameter; adults typically with 1 or 2 spots on side; height of dorsal-fin lobe 16.1–21.5% FL, mean 18.1%, in specimens> 200 mm FL (Marquesas Island endemic)............... T. macrospilus 4a Adults typically with only one spot above pectoral fin; vomerine tooth patch consistently round or triangular-shaped; segmented dorsal-fin rays 22–24, usually 22 or 23; segmented anal-fin rays 19–22, rarely 22 (Indian Ocean including Western Australia)...................................................................................... T. botla 4b Adults with two spots above pectoral fin; vomerine tooth patch usually chevron shaped; segmented dorsal-fin rays 23–25, usually 24 or 25; segmented anal-fin rays 22–24 (Eastern Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands)........... T. coppingeri 5a Segmented dorsal-fin rays 21–23; segmented anal-fin rays 19–21; axillary base beneath pectoral fin often with black ring-like blotch (Western Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman and Bali)............................................... T. africanus 5b Segmented dorsal-fin rays 18–20; segmented anal-fin rays 16–18; axillary base beneath pectoral fin without black ring-like blotch.............................................................................................. 6 6a Supraoccipital bone of skull becoming broad and sausage-shaped in adults (Fig. 19A), this character easily observed by simple dissection along midline of skull; in life, anal-fin yellow; teeth in narrow band on tongue, persisting to about 50 cm FL (Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, China and southern Japan)................................................... T. mookalee 6b Supraoccipital bone of skull thin and blade-like in adults (Fig. 19B); in life, color of anal fin variable, yellow or brownish with orange anterior margin; tongue toothless (except 2 or 3 slender teeth rarely present in small specimens of T. blochii)...... 7 7a Supraneural bone a swollen inverted tear-drop, becoming oval-shaped in large adults (Fig. 20); in life, anal-fin lobe brownish with anterior margin orange; nasal bone not swollen in adults (broadly distributed in Indo-West Pacific).......... T. blochii 7b Supraneural bone not swollen as above, shaped like an inverted “L” with the short arm projecting anteriorly; in life, anal-fin lobe yellow; nasal bone greatly swollen (hyperostotic) in adults (Eastern and northern Australia, South China Sea and southern Japan)......................................................................................... T. anak, Published as part of Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Walsh, Stephen J., 2019, Indo-West Pacific species of Trachinotus with spots on their sides as adults, with description of a new species endemic to the Marquesas Islands (Teleostei: Carangidae), pp. 1-37 in Zootaxa 4651 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3358412

Trachinotus baillonii (Lacepède [ex Commerson] 1801)—Smallspotted dart Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Matalanaua and Kulineua rivers, New Hanover by Munro (1958: 184). Specimens observed at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005 by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey. Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to northern Line and Gambier islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, Tonga and Rapa. Found near the surface in lagoon and seaward coral reefs, occurring in schools near the edge of the surf, 0–3 m depth. Marine., Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163, {"references":["Munro, I. S. R. (1958) The fishes of the New Guinea region. Fishery Bulletin, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Port Moresby, 1, 97 - 369."]}

Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède [ex Commerson] 1801)—Snubnose dart Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 1 m depth, by Dean Tully on 21 June 2013. Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Norfolk Island. Found near the surface in lagoon and seaward coral reefs, occurring in schools near the edge of the surf, 0–3 m depth. Marine., Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163

* □ Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Pompano; Sereia-camochilo ①, Cabra, Plombeta or Prombeta ②, Trombeta, Facaio or Ranhosa ③, Published as part of Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, pp. 1-73 in European Journal of Taxonomy 73 on page 51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.73, http://zenodo.org/record/3866515

* Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Florida pompano; Sereia-da-Florida, ②, Published as part of Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, pp. 1-73 in European Journal of Taxonomy 73 on page 51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.73, http://zenodo.org/record/3866515

Trachinotus goreensis Cuvier, 1832 Reference material. Accra, January 1929 (Irvine 9)— BMNH 1930.3.24.20 (one: 135 mm SL); Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 63)— BMNH 1930.8.26.55–57 (three: 65.2–124.2 mm SL); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 325)— BMNH 1939.7.12.16 (one: 97.4 mm SL); mouth of Ancobra River, January 1939 (Akpabla A 13). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea (Quéro et al., 1990)., Published as part of Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine's Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, pp. 2213-2267 in Journal of Natural History 37 (18) on page 2240, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, http://zenodo.org/record/5263410