gaff-topsail pompano
Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Trachinotus goodei, the palometa, is an ocean-going game fish of the family Trachinotidae. Other common names include banner pompano, camade fish, cobbler, gafftopsail, great pompano, joefish, longfin pompano, old wife, sand mackerel, streamers jack, wireback. This fish is native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Bermuda to Argentina. It can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Wikipedia contributors, Trachinotus goodei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:46:51.115509+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Name authority
- Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Common name
- gaff-topsail pompano
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Trachinotus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCarangiformes
- familyCarangidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusTrachinotus Lacepède, 1801
- speciesTrachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Trachinotus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| southern pompanoTrachinotus africanus Smith, 1967 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| snubnose pompanoTrachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| largespotted dartTrachinotus botla (Shaw, 1803) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier, 1832 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachinotus coppingeri Günther, 1884 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackblotch pompanoTrachinotus kennedyi Steindachner, 1876 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachinotus maxillosus Cuvier, 1832 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| derbioTrachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachinotus teraia Cuvier, 1832 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Florida pompanoTrachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachinotus macrospilus Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2019 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachinotus anak Ogilby, 1909 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Trachinotus glaucus (Bloch, 1787) (Bloch, 1787) | ambiguous synonym |
| Chaetodon glaucus Bloch, 1787 Bloch, 1787 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Jordan, D. S., & Evermann, B. W. (1896). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 47: i–lx + 1–1240. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46755 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:57PCN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.