What is "pampano"

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. (alternative form of pompano English)