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Palometa

Trachinotus ovatus

Description:

Pomfret has a color ranging from silvery gray to bluish on the back and sides; however, the ventral sides are silver with pink highlights. The flanks having 5 or 6 black spots. Its caudal fin is forked with very own pointed lobes (in black) of fast swimmers.

La palometa tiene una coloración que va del gris plateado a azulada, en el lomo y los flancos; en cambio, las caras ventrales son plateadas con reflejos rosados. Los flancos tienen 5 ó 6 manchas negras. Su aleta caudal está muy bifurcada con los lóbulos puntiagudos (de color negro) propia de nadadores veloces.

Habitat:

Costa rocosa de Cabo de Palos, a orillas del Mar Mediterráneo.

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eulalia rubio
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eulalia rubio

Cabo de Palos, Región de Murcia, Spain

Spotted on Oct 22, 2014
Submitted on Oct 22, 2014

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