Fish ID

Archive for March, 2006

FANTAIL MULLET – Mugil gyrans

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Family Mugilidae, MULLETS

Description: color olive green with blue tints on back, shading to silvery sides, white below; anal and pelvic fins yellowish; dark blotch at base of pectoral fin; inverted V-shaped mouth; insertion of second dorsal over that of the anal fin.
Similar fish: striped mullet, M. cephalus; white mullet, M. curmea (note difference in shape [...]

ATLANTIC SPADEFISH – Chaetodipterus faber

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Family Ephippidae, SPADEFISHES

Description: silvery with 4 to 6 black vertical bands on each side which sometimes become obscure in larger fish; deep, flattened body; separated first and second dorsal fins; concave caudal fin; anterior rays of second dorsal fin and anal fin elongated.
Similar fish: no close resemblance, but frequently and mistakenly called angelfish.
Where found: INSHORE [...]

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