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African Pompano Fish Mounts - Two Sided Wall Mounts
African Pompano's are found in tropical waters around the world. Many African Pompanos are caught over wrecks and coastlines. Our African Pompano fish mounts help you commemorate the catch of this beautiful species. All of our two sided wall mount African Pompano fish mounts are made of fiberglass, are hand airbrushed for superior detail, have glass eyes made specifically for African Pompano fish mounts and are clear coated with a UV protecting clear coat.
Please keep in mind that we have other size molds of African Pompano fish mounts that may not be listed here.
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Here is some more information on African Pompano, thanks to Wikipedia:
Like
many of the Carangidae, the African pompano is a deep and laterally
compressed fish, with the deepest point of the body located between the
origin of the dorsal and anal fins and having the head and tail tapering
either side.
The dorsal and ventral profiles are equally convex,
with a major distinguishing feature of the adult being its more curved
head compared to Alectis indicus' more angular head profile.
The
species has 4 to 7 visible spines in the first dorsal fin followed by a
single spine and 18 to 20 soft rays in the second dorsal.
The
anal fin has two spines followed by 15 or 16 soft rays, while the
pectoral fin is long and curved. The skin of the fish appears scaleless,
but has minute, embedded scales scattered on the body. The lateral
line has a strong and moderately long arch dorsally, with its posterior
section having 12 to 30 scutes.
The juveniles are distinctive due
to their 'threadfin' appearance of having trailing anal and dorsal fin
filaments which recede with age. During maturation, the species also
becomes more elongate and more like that of other genera of jacks. The
body is a silvery-metallic blue to blue-green colour above, being
darkest on the head and upper shoulders while the underside is more
silvery.
The juveniles have 5 chevron-shaped dark bars on their
body, with a black blotch at the base of the third to sixth soft dorsal
fin rays. The base of the filaments is a dark blue to black, with all
other fins pale to hyaline in appearance.
The African pompano is
known to definitely reach a length of 130 cm, although larger specimens
to 150 cm have been reported, but are not considered reliable. The
maximum published weight of the species is 22.9 kg.
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