_Vomer setipinnis_, the so-called moonfish, or jorobado, has the body greatly elevated, compressed, and distorted, while the fins, growing shorter with age, become finally very low. _Selene vomer_, the horse-head-fish, or look-down (see Fig. 113, Vol. I), is similarly but even more distorted. The fins, filamentous in the young, grow shorter with age, as in _Vomer_ and _Alectis_. The skeleton in these fishes is essentially like that of _Carangus_, the only difference lying in the compression and distortion of the bones. _Chloroscombrus_ contains the casabes, or bumpers, thin, dry, compressed fish, of little value as food, the bony armature of the tail being wholly lost. To the genus _Trachinotus_ belong the pampanos, broad-bodied, silvery fishes, toothless when adult, the bodies covered with small scales and with no bony plates. The true pampano, _Trachinotus carolinus_, is one of the finest of all food-fishes, ranking with the Spanish mackerel and to be cooked in the same way, only by broiling. The flesh is white, firm, and flaky, with a moderate amount of delicate oil. It has no especial interest to the angler and it is not abundant enough to be of great commercial importance, yet few fish bring or deserve to bring higher prices in the markets of the epicures. The species is most common along our Gulf coast, ranging northward along the Carolinas as far as Cape Cod. [Illustration: FIG. 217.—The Pampano, _Trachinotus carolinus_ (Linnæus). Wood's Hole. ] Pampano in Spanish means the leaf of the grape, from the broad body of the fish. The spelling "pompano" should therefore be discouraged. The other pampanos, of which there are several in tropical America and Asia, are little esteemed, the flesh being dry and relatively flavorless. _Trachinotus palometa_, the gaff-topsail pampano, has very high fins and its sides have four black bands like the marks of a grill. The round pampano, _Trachinotus falcatus_, is common southward, as is also the great pampano, _Trachinotus goodei_, which reaches a length of three feet. _Trachinotus ovatus_, a large deep-bodied pampano, is common in Polynesia and the East Indies. No pampanos are found in Europe, but a related genus, _Lichia_, contains species which much resemble them, but in which the body is more elongate and the mouth larger.