Trachinotus ovatus, the pompano which is also known as the derbio or silverfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae, the jacks.

It is common in the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles and Scandinavia, where it is a vagrant, to the Gulf of Guinea and Angola.

[3] Trachinotus ovatus occurs in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay and in British and Scandinavian waters where it is a rare vagrant south to Angola.

[1] The adults of Trachinotus ovatus are quite common in shallow water where the waves surge.

[1] They will gather around fish farms to feed on the food pellets which fall through the mesh at the bottom of the cages.