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 1of 115 Types of Florida Fish

Name African Pompano
Family Family Carangidae, JACKS
Description Body is deep and compressed. Coloration is metalic -blue above, silvery below. Snout is blunt. Pelvic fins are longer than the maxilla. Second dorsal and anal fins are falcate.
Where Found Young are found in the open ocean. Adults are found to depths of 55m (180 ft.) often associated with reefs, wrecks and rock ledges.
Size to 91cm (3 ft.) and 19 kg (42 lbs)
Food Quality Excellent
Recipe
Remarks Great fighter and good to eat. Often found in schools over structure.
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Name Almaco Jack
Family Family Carangidae, JACKS AND POMPANOS
Description deep-bodied amberjack; sometimes darker in coloration; front of soft dorsal and of anal fins high and elongated; body more flattened than banded rudderfish or greater amberjack; no scutes.
Where Found wide-ranging in OFFSHORE waters, not a common catch; young are associated with Sargassum.
Size usually less than 20 pounds.
Food Quality Excellent
Recipe
Remarks spawns offshore, apparently during spring, summer, and fall.
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Name Amshad
Family Family Clupeidae, HERRINGS
Description color of back green or greenish blue with metallic lustre; silvery sides, white underneath (colors darken when fish enters fresh water to spawn); belly with scutes forming distinct keel.
Where Found OFFSHORE except during late winter spawning run into east coast rivers, notably the St. Johns River.
Size to 2 ft.
Food Quality Fair
Recipe
Remarks young remain in fresh water to length of 2 to 4 inches, then move out to sea; plankton feeder, but strikes small, bright spoons or flies; their roe (as many as 30,000 in a single female) is prized.
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