What is "palometa"

Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also pampano.] (Zo["o]l.)

1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa.

   Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ( Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano ( Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast.

2. A California harvest fish ( Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish.

   Pompano shell (Zo["o]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.

n. smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies [syn: California pompano, Palometa simillima]

Palometa is a name used for several species of fish:

• Catoprion mento, the wimple piranha from several South American river basins
• Metynnis, a genus of serrasalmid from several South American river basins
• Myloplus rubripinnis, the redhook myleus from several South American river basins
• Mylossoma, a genus of serrasalmid from several South American river basins
• Pristobrycon striolatus, a piranha from the Amazon and Orinoco Basins
• Pygocentrus cariba, the black spot piranha from the Orinoco and Llanos
• Pygocentrus nattereri, the red-bellied piranha from several South American river basins
• Pygocentrus palometa, a piranha from the Orinoco Basin
• Pygopristis denticulata, a piranha from several South American river basins
• Serrasalmus, a genus of piranha from several South American river basins

• Beryx, a genus of alfonsinos
• Brama, a genus of pomfrets
• Maracaibo leatherjacket, Oligoplites palometa, a species in the genus Oligoplites
• Taractichthys, a genus of pomfrets
• Trachinotus goodei, a Caribbean and West Atlantic gamefish