#2232 · 🐟 fish
Pompano
🇳🇱 Gaffelmakreel ·Trachinotus ovatus
📍 Saidia, Morocco
📍 São Miguel Island, Lagoa, Azores, PT
📍 Ribeira Grande, PT-AC, PT
📍 Vila Franca do Campo, PT-AC, PT
📍 Baleares, ES-PM, ES
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Saidia, Morocco:© hassan_boabdelatif · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. São Miguel Island, Lagoa, Azores, PT:© kleiber · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Ribeira Grande, PT-AC, PT:© Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Vila Franca do Campo, PT-AC, PT:© Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Baleares, ES-PM, ES:© Diogo · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Trachinotus ovatus , the pompano, is a species of fish in the Jack family. It has large, strong fins. It is common in the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Guinea. It is seldom found further north.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,660 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pompano
- Nederlands
- Gaffelmakreel
- scientific name
- Trachinotus ovatus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Carangiformes
- family
- Trachinotidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,002
- sightings worldwide
- 1,660
- GBIF records in NL
- 9
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51401, Wikidata Q887029, GBIF 5210674, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.