Name: Derbio, bucknosed trevally, pompano
Scientific Name: Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family: Carangidae
Group: Bony fish
Class: Fish
Size: 26-50 cm.
This schooling fish lives in coastal waters with sandy bottoms. It is a fast and untiring swimmer, thanks to its fusiform and strongly muscular body. It is a very active predator that feeds on crustaceans, molluscs and fish, such as sardines and anchovies, whose schools attacks with some frequency.
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Oceanário Location
Global Ocean
