pompano

[ pom-puh-noh ]

/ ˈpɒm pəˌnoʊ /

a deep-bodied food fish, Trachinotus carolinus, inhabiting waters off the South Atlantic and Gulf states.

a food fish, Preprilus simillimus, of California.

coquina.

Origin of pompano

First recorded in 1770–80, pompano is from the Spanish word pámpano kind of fish

Homicide detectives arrested Simon, 24, of Pompano Beach Tuesday night.

Dial 911 For a Murder Charge |Justin Green |May 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I consider the pompano to be the best food-fish in either salt or fresh water—the prince of food-fishes, it is incomparable.

Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others |James Alexander Henshall
Some of the fish found here are choice and costly delicacies, and include red snapper, pompano, Spanish mackerel and sea trout.

My Native Land |James Cox
Season the pompano with salt and pepper, roll in flour and fry with melted butter.

The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book |Victor Hirtzler

It was the most delectable of all the finny genus, superior even to the pompano.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! |Meredith Nicholson
The creole cooks have made famous such dishes as chicken gumbo, chicken la creole, and pompano.

Great Cities of the United States |Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth

pompano

/ (ˈpɒmpəˌnəʊ) /

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

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

C19: from Spanish pámpano type of fish, of uncertain origin