1. Any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
   "Pompano is often prepared with a light lemon butter sauce"
    
2. Flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
   "The beachside cafe offered a special of grilled pompano with tropical fruit salsa"

Derived forms: pompanos

Type of: carangid, carangid fish, saltwater fish

Part of: genus Trachinotus, Trachinotus

Encyclopedia: Pompano, Florida