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The snubnose pompano has a rounded head.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Snubnose pompano
- Scientific name
- Trachinotus blochii
- Japanese name
- マルコバン
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Trachinotus
Where the name “Snubnose pompano” comes from
The Japanese name marukoban comes from koban, an old Japanese coin.
海遊館It lives from Yakushima and the Okinawa Islands to Taiwan, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific.
With strong teeth deep in its throat (pharyngeal teeth), it crushes and eats shellfish and other animals living on sandy bottoms.
How the Snubnose pompano lives
Young fish swim close to the beach. As they grow, they move into deeper water. As adults, they form schools offshore.
Okinawa Churaumi AquariumBasic data
- Diet
- Shellfish and similar animals
- Range
- Yakushima, Okinawa Islands, Taiwan, Indian Ocean, Red Sea to western Pacific, Marshall Islands, and Samoan Islands
Where the Snubnose pompano has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- マルコバン
- 简体中文
- 金鲳
- 繁體中文
- 布氏鯧鰺
- Français
- Pompaneau lune
- Português (Brasil)
- Pampo-ostraceiro
- Italiano
- Leccia stella di Bloch
- العربية
- بنبان أفطس
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Lowang biasa
- Русский
- Тупорылый трахинот
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — マルコバンChecked: 2026-11-04
- Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium — Snubnose pompanoChecked: 2026-11-07
- 海遊館 — マルコバンChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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