Description
Yellowfin have a dark blue back with a yellow lateral band on the upper sides. The lower sides and belly are silvery-gray, often with chains of white vertical lines and spots. The 2nd dorsal and anal fins are yellow, and the finlets are yellow with a narrow black margin. They have small eyes and head [...]
Description
The color of the fish is steel blue above and pale blue below the lateral line. There is a series of 25 to 30 irregular, blackish-blue, vertical bars on the sides. The stripes are less noticeable in larger specimens, but may become more prominent when the fish becomes excited. A distinguishing characteristic is is the [...]
Description
The tautog is a stout fish with a blunt nose and a thick-lipped mouth that has large conical teeth in front and flat crushing teeth in back. The single dorsal fin originates over the gill slit and runs back nearly to the tail. The anterior three-quarters of this fin possess a series of stiff, sharp [...]
Description
As with other true basses, the dorsal fin is clearly separated into spiny and soft-rayed portions. Striped bass are silvery, shading to olive-green on the back and white on the belly, with seven or eight uninterrupted horizontal stripes on each side of the body. Younger fish may resemble white bass. However, striped bass have two [...]
Description
The body is very compressed laterally and the right side is white and eyeless. The left side has both eyes and is olive brown in color with dark and white spots. Flounders, like other fish, hatch with one eye on each side of their head. Movement of the right eye to the left side of [...]
Description
The body is elongated and strongly flattened from side-to-side. They are green above with silver sides, heavily marked with oval yellow or golden-olive spots. This species closely resembles the cero in color, however the spots on the cero are arranged in a row and the cero has 1 or 2 longitudinal stripes that are [...]
Description
This is an easy fish to identify, with its very broad body, boldly marked with 5 to 7 wide, grayish-black vertical bars set on a light gray or white background. Any confusion can be set aside by inspecting the teeth, which look a great deal like human (or sheep) incisors. The dorsal and anal [...]
Description
The red snapper is rosy red overall. Their canine teeth are less prominent than those of most other Snappers. They have a red eye and their anal fin is triangular. The Caribbean Red Snapper is very similar in appearance and is found in the northwest and central Caribbean.
Size
Common from a pound to about 6 [...]
Description
Red grouper is a brownish-red fish with scattered pale blotches, black dots around the eyes, and dark-tipped dorsal, anal, and tailfins. The membrane between the dorsal spines is not notched, and the tail fin is squared off.
Size
They may grow to 3 feet in length and average 10 pounds, though some reach as much as [...]
Description
Mutton snapper color is olive green on back and upper sides and all fins below the lateral line have a reddish tinge. There is a bright blue line below the eye. The anal fin is pointed, and there is a small black spot below the dorsal fin. They have V-shaped tooth patch on roof [...]
