Fish ID

Family Carangidae, JACKS AND POMPANOS

Description: body silvery, bluish above; fins yellow; rear parts of dorsal and anal fins consist of a series of finlets; spinous dorsal fin has 5 well-developed, unconnected spines; lateral line nearly straight; scales tiny, embedded; skin appears smooth.

Size: to 30 cm (1 ft.).

Where Found: enters bays and estuaries, often in turbid water.

  

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