The Florida pompano is a beautifully-colored, delicately-textured member of the Carangidae family of jacks and is highly esteemed as a food fish. Unlike most jacks, it lacks scutes on the caudal peduncle and may also be identified by its short, blunt snout. It is one of the few fish that is more vividly colored after death than when alive. The belly and fins are a beautiful golden hue and the sides are whitish-platinum. When removed from the water the body is dark green-blue above and silvery-white below.