Species group · Bony fish
Pompanos
WAnimals has 2 species of pompano, spread across 2 families (Bramidae, Stromateidae).
- 2 species
- 2 families
- 11 countries
- 13 parks
- Weight
- 3.3 kg
- Length
- 15 cm – 1 m
- Lifespan
- 9 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of pompanos on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 11 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Al Hoceima1 species
- Albufera de Valencia1 species
- Archipielago de Cabrera1 species
- Arrábida1 species
- Cabo de Gata-Níjar1 species
- Delta del Ebro1 species
- Fragas do Eume1 species
- Islas Cies1 species
- Madeira1 species
- Parque Nacional de Doñana1 species
- Ria Formosa1 species
- Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina1 species
- Blue Heron Bridgediving
- Cabo de Creusdiving
- Cabo de Gata-Níjardiving
- Cabo de Palosdiving
- Cabrera (Cova Blava)diving
- Cavalleria (Menorca)diving
Did you know…
It is a highly migratory species that covers enormous distances following masses of temperate water.
From Ray's Bream
In South Africa, where it turns up as bycatch in the hake fishery, it is sold as angelfish, although it is unrelated to the true angelfishes.
From Ray's Bream
The juveniles live beneath the umbrella of large jellyfish, sheltered among their stinging tentacles, and feed in part on the very jellyfish that shelters them.
From Butterfish
It has no pelvic fins whatsoever, an uncommon trait that gives it its silhouette of a silver disc.
From Butterfish
The juveniles shelter beneath the bells of jellyfish, which serve them as a mobile hiding place from predators.
From Butterfish