Trachinotus ovatus

Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus); Pompano (Figure 2G) Remarks: Trachinotus ovatus was occasionally encountered in Ikorodu during the study. Other synonyms for this species include Caesiomorus glauca (Linnaeus), Caesiomorus glaucus (Linnaeus), Caranx glaucus (Linnaeus), Centronotus binotatus (Rafinesque), Centronotus ovalis (Lacépède), Gasterosteus ovatus (Linnaeus), Glaucus rondeletii (Bleeker), Lichia glauca (Linnaeus), Lichia glaucus (Linnaeus), Lichia tetracantha (Bowdich), Scomber glaucus (Linnaeus), Trachinotus glaucus (Linnaeus), Trachinotus madeirensis (Borodin), Trachynotus glaucus (Linnaeus), and Trachynotus ovatus (Linnaeus). This species is distributed across marine and brackish waters of the Eastern Atlantic. Trachinotus ovatus is characterized by a moderately elongated and compressed body, with a bluntly pointed snout and a small eye. The body features five distinct dark blotches along the sides, with the first four blotches positioned below the spinous dorsal fin. The anal fin is typically straight, and the caudal-fin lobes exhibit darkened tips that turn black near the ends.