African Pompano.
(Alectis ciliaris).

Other Common Names:
Threadfin Trevally.

Identification:
Upper body silver with blue–green glow.
Sides and belly silvery white.
Sloping head with soft flesh around the mouth.
Very long and transparent dorsal and anal fins.

Typical Location:
Around flotsam, weed lines and FAD’s.
Near wrecks and reefs.

Fishing Methods:
Drifting or at anchor with small live fish, squid or prawn.
Jigging over wrecks or deep water reefs.

Fighting Characteristics:
Powerful and fast strike.
A deep fighter that heads for obstructions on the sea bed.

Fishing Khao Lak's Comment:
The smaller cousin of the Giant Trevally, also regarding its power.

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Fish Species | Photo Gallery

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African Pompano | Amberjack | Barracouta | Barracuda | Barramundi | Bigeye Trevally
Black Marlin | Black–blotched Stingray | Blackspot Shark | Blacktip Reef Shark
Blue Marlin | Bluefin Trevally | Bluespotted Stingray | Bonefish | Bridled Parrotfish

Broadbill Swordfish | Bull Shark | Camouflage Grouper | Checkered Seaperch
Cobia | Copper Shark | Coral Trout | Coronation Trout | Daisy Parrotfish
Dogtooth Tuna | Dorado | Dusky Parrotfish | Ember Parrotfish

Giant Trevally | Golden Trevally | Green Jobfish | Grey Mullet | Grey Reef Shark
Hammerhead Shark | Honeycomb Grouper | John's Snapper | Kawa Kawa Tuna
Leopard Shark | Long–Finned Bigeye | Longnose Emperor | Longtail Tuna

Longtom | Mako Shark | Malabar Grouper | Mangrove Jack | Maori Seaperch
Narrow–barred Spanish Mackerel | Peacock Rockcod | Permit | Queenfish
Rainbow Runner | Red Snapper | Reticulated Swellshark | Rosy Snapper

Ruby Snapper | Sailfish | Silvertip Shark | Skipjack Tuna | Smalltooth Emperor
Smalltooth Jobfish | Spangled Emperor | Sweetlip Emperor | Tarpon | Threadfin Salmon
Tiger Shark | Tripletail | Tripletail Wrasse | Wahoo | Yellowfin Tuna

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