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Nope - It's actually a . .
I checked every porgy, grunt, snapper found in Florida, Gulf of Mexico and
Caribbean waters and found no species that matched the lip structure. All porgies found in the US have an upper lip fold that runs over the entire mouth or most of it. The mystery fish has a small lip fold that is only at the lower end of the mouth, a feature rather unusual for porgies, snappers, grunts etc. Additionally, the mystery fish also has pink rubbery lips, again unusual. Oddball sal****er specimems can end up in faraway places not only due to sal****er tropical fish enthusiasts dumping fish in local waters, but also in the ballast water of ocean going ships. M "Texx Smith" wrote in message ... That looks like a fish I see alot along coastal Florida. It's common name is "Porgy" and tier's several different kinds. This is one of the most common, perhaps even the most common. http://images.google.com/images?q=po...=Search+Images http://FloridaFishingInformation.com http://FloridaPhotoGallery.com "Musashi" wrote in message m... Gerres erythrourus Unfortunbately it is a fish native to Japam, Okinawa. How it could end up in Florida is beyond me. Here is a photo of a juvenile. Note the lip structure. http://fishpix.kahaku.go.jp/fishimag...PHOTO_ID_OPT=2 |
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Name this fish
When you catch an odd fish like that you ought to get a fin and scale
sample and take it to your local fish and game along with the picture. They should be able to figure out a lot from the samples. -- Fishing with Cliff The New Fishing Show in Town Articles, Photos, & Webcasts http://www.fishingwithcliff.com/ "Charlie Bress" wrote in : This fish was caught in Sarasota Bay. This is located on the Gulf of Mexico south of Tampa Florida. The picture appeared in the newspaper this morning and it does not look like a fish that is found here. Several years ago, I saw one similar caught a little further south. At that time nobody in the area knew what it was. There is nothing like in the various local guide books. The most unusual characteristic is the lips. http://home.comcast.net/~cbress/fish.bmp We get all sorts of stragglers here of all kinds: fish, fowl, reptile, insect and human. Charlie |
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Name this fish
Charlie Bress wrote: This fish was caught in Sarasota Bay. This is located on the Gulf of Mexico south of Tampa Florida. The picture appeared in the newspaper this morning and it does not look like a fish that is found here. Several years ago, I saw one similar caught a little further south. At that time nobody in the area knew what it was. There is nothing like in the various local guide books. The most unusual characteristic is the lips. http://home.comcast.net/~cbress/fish.bmp We get all sorts of stragglers here of all kinds: fish, fowl, reptile, insect and human. Charlie It's some type of mojarra (Family Gerreidae) It is related to the Okinawawan fish mentioned, but it is a native Florida/Caribbean fish. You caught a pretty big one. A foot is about the max found. They are fairly common grassbed/mangrove fishes. Most you see are hand-sized or less. http://research.myfwc.com/gallery/im...s.asp?id=13415 http://www.floridafishandhunt.com/ar...sh-records.htm |
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