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
Bright greenish blue above, yellow on sides, with capability of flashing purple, chartreuse, and a wide range of other colors; body tapers sharply from head to tail; irregular blue or golden blotches scattered over sides; anterior profile of head on adult males is nearly vertical; head of females more sloping; the single dark dorsal [...]
Description
Bluefin tuna are deep blue on top, blending to silver along their sides and belly. Their lack of additional dark markings helps to differentiate them when young from bonito. As with other members of the mackerel family, bluefin tuna have two dorsal fins, one anal fin, plus numerous dorsal and anal finlets. These fish [...]
Description
The albacore is designed for speed. The body shape of this muscular fish is perfectly streamlined to minimize drag and maximize high-speed pursuit. The bullet shaped head and strong body tapers into a stiff, crescent-shaped caudal (tail) fin. A series of finlets extend from both anal and dorsal fin back to the front of the [...]
Description
The body of the white seabass is elongate, and somewhat compressed. The head is pointed and slightly compressed. The mouth is large, with a row of small teeth in the roof; the lower jaw slightly projects. The color is bluish to gray above, with dark speckling, becoming silver below. The young have several dark [...]
Description
Overall brownish or goldish. Heavy body. No scutes forward of tail fin. Dark oblique line through the eye that ends at the dorsal fin.
Size
Schools of young fish are common at 5-20 pounds. Average size over deep wrecks and reefs is 30-60 pounds, but 100-pounders are not too rare and the potential maximum exceeds 150 [...]
Description
The lingcod has a large head, large mouth, and large teeth. Its long, elongate body tends to narrow towards the tail. It has one long dorsal fin with the spinous and soft-rayed parts separated by a notch. Its body coloration tends to be dark gray, brown or a greenish color on the back with varying [...]
Description
Typical jack shape with the body olive-brown to brown above with yellow stripes along the side. Fins are yellowish. Head longer than body depth at dorsal fin origin. Dorsal fin spines shorter than soft rays. Lateral line lacks bony shields.
Size
To 80 pounds and over 5 feet long.
Habitat
Yellowtail will gather around many different coastal and inshore [...]
Description
Juvenile sheephead (less than 4 in. long) are orange with at least two white, horizontal stripes on the side and several black spots in the dorsal and anal fins. Adult males have a black head and tail, separated by a reddish middle section, while the females are uniformly pink or reddish. The males also [...]
