Pompano
Trachinotus carolinus
A silver beach cruiser that digs up crunchy snacks.
SeaPals' pompano is represented by the Florida pompano, a quick silver jack of sandy coasts. It darts through surf and shallow bays searching for hard-shelled morsels.
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Ready-to-play deck
Open Ocean Deck
Includes 1 card featuring Pompano.
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Creature passport
- Home
- Florida pompano live over sandy beaches, bays, and estuaries of the western Atlantic.
- Favorite foods
- They eat clams, snails, shrimp, crabs, worms, and small fishes.
- Size check
- Up to about 25 in (64 cm)—a little over two rulers
Tell-your-friends facts
Four wonderfully wild things
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Adults may lose the tiny jaw teeth they had when young.
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A deeply forked tail drives fast swimming through breaking surf.
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Their plain silver bodies are blue-green above and white below.
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Pompano eggs and larvae drift freely in the plankton.
Ocean superpower
Built to be amazing
Strong throat plates crush the shells of small clams and crustaceans.
Junior scientist tip
What should I look for?
Look for a smooth silver body, blunt snout, yellowish fins, and forked tail.
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