pompano

American  

[pom-puh-noh] / ˈpɒm pəˌnoʊ /

noun

plural

pompano,

plural

pompanos

1. Also Florida pompano a deep-bodied food fish, Trachinotus carolinus, inhabiting coastal waters from New England to Brazil but mostly near Florida: a popular, fast-growing species in aquaculture.

2. a food fish, Preprilus simillimus, of California.

3. coquina.

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pompano British  

/ ˈpɒmpəˌnəʊ /

noun

1. any of several deep-bodied carangid food fishes of the genus Trachinotus, esp T. carolinus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic

2. a spiny-finned food fish, Palometa simillima, of North American coastal regions of the Pacific: family Stromateidae (butterfish, etc)

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Etymology

Origin of pompano

First recorded in 1770–80; from Spanish pámpano kind of fish