marine fish
Saltwater fish, also called marine fish or sea fish, are fish that live in seawater. Saltwater fish can swim and live alone or in a large group called a school.
Saltwater fish are very commonly kept in aquariums for entertainment. Many saltwater f ...
pursued by recreational anglers.
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Archosargus probatocephalus
''Archosargus probatocephalus'', the sheepshead, is a marine fish that grows to , but commonly reaches . It is deep and compressed in body shape, with five or six dark bars on the side of the body over a gray background. It has sharp dorsal spi ...
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Arripis trutta
''Arripis trutta'', known as kahawai in New Zealand and as the Australian salmon in Australia, is a Pacific Ocean, South Pacific marine fish and one of the four extant taxon, extant species within the genus ''Arripis'', native to the cooler wate ...
Striped bass
The striped bass (''Morone saxatilis''), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has al ...
Bludger (fish)
The bludger (''Carangoides gymnostethus''), also known as the bludger trevally, nakedbreast trevally or Bleeker's jackfish, is a widespread species of large marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The bludger inhabits the tropical and subtrop ...
Cocinero
The cocinero (''Caranx vinctus''), also known as the barred jack and striped jack, is a species of small marine (ocean), marine fish classified in the jack Family (biology), family, Carangidae. The cocinero is distributed through the tropical eas ...
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Common dentex
The common dentex (''Dentex dentex'') is a species of fish in the family Sparidae.
Etymology
Genus and species Latin name ''Dentex'' is related to ''dentēs'' which means "teeth".
Description
Adult dentex can reach a length of , and weight ...
Black drum
The black drum (''Pogonias cromis''), also known as the drum or drummer, is a saltwater fish similar to its cousin, the red drum. It is in the genus '' Pogonias''. Though most specimens are generally found in the 5-30 lb (2–14 kg) ran ...
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Elops saurus
The ladyfish or tenpounder (''Elops saurus'') is a species of fish in the genus '' Elops'', the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae.
Description
Like other species in its genus, the ladyfish has a long, slender, rounded body covered wi ...
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Galjoen
The galjoen, black bream, or blackfish (''Dichistius capensis'') is a species of marine fish found only along the coast of southern Africa from Angola to South Africa.
Galjoen is the national fish of South Africa.
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Gilt-head bream
The gilt-head (sea) bream (''Sparus aurata''), known as Orata in antiquity and still today in Italy and Tunisia (known as "Dorada" in Spain, "Dourada" in Portugal and "Dorade Royale" in France), is a fish of the bream family Sparidae found in th ...
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Greater amberjack
The greater amberjack (''Seriola dumerili''), also known as the allied kingfish, great amberfish, greater yellowtail, jenny lind, Sea donkey, purplish amberjack, reef donkey, rock salmon, sailors choice, yellowtail, and yellow trevally, is a spec ...
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Black grouper
''Mycteroperca bonaci'', the black grouper, black rockfish or marbled rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea ...
Hyporthodus nigritus
''Hyporthodus nigritus'', the Warsaw grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the Western At ...
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Yellowfin grouper
The yellowfin grouper (''Mycteroperca venenosa'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It is found in the warmer ...
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Bar jack
The bar jack (''Caranx ruber''), also known as the carbonero, red jack, blue-striped cavalla or passing jack, is a common species of inshore marine (ocean), marine fish classified in the jack Family (biology), family, Carangidae. The bar jack is ...
Longfin crevalle jack
The longfin crevalle jack (''Caranx fischeri'') is a recently described species of large marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. It inhabits the subtropical waters of the east Atlantic Ocean, ranging along the African coast from ...
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Pacific crevalle jack
The Pacific crevalle jack (''Caranx caninus'') is a species of large marine (ocean), marine fish classified in the jack Family (biology), family Carangidae. The species is distributed through the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean from ...
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Green jack
The green jack (''Caranx caballus''), also known as the horse jack, is an abundant species of coastal marine fish in the jack family Carangidae. The species is distributed in the eastern Pacific Ocean along the American coastline from Santa Cruz ...
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Horse-eye jack
The horse-eye jack (''Caranx latus''), also known as the big-eye jack, is a game fish and minor commercial fish in the family Carangidae. Its appearance is similar to that of the crevalle jack, although the horse-eye jack's head is not as blunt. ...
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Threadfin jack
The threadfin jack or thread pompano (''Carangoides otrynter'') is a species of coastal marine fish in the jack family Carangidae. The species inhabits the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California in the north to Ecuador a ...
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Yellow jack
The yellow jack (''Carangoides bartholomaei''), also known as coolihoo, is a species of marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. It is one of only two representatives of its genus present in the Atlantic Ocean, inhabiting waters off the east ...
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Leerfish
The leerfish or garrick (''Lichia amia'') is a species of marine fish in the family Carangidae, and is native to the Mediterranean and the coastal waters of western Africa to the coastal waters of eastern South Africa.Van Der Elst, R. (1993). ''A ...
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Cape horse mackerel
The Cape horse mackerel (''Trachurus capensis'') is a mackerel-like species in the family Carangidae. It is a pelagic species of the south eastern Atlantic Ocean which is a target of fisheries, mainly as bycatch.
Description
The Cape horse mack ...
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Greenback horse mackerel
The greenback horse mackerel or greenback scad (''Trachurus declivis'') is a species of jack in the family Carangidae, found around western and southern Australia, and around New Zealand
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Pacific jack mackerel
The Pacific jack mackerel (''Trachurus symmetricus''), also known as the Californian jack mackerel or simply jack mackerel, is an abundant species of pelagic marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. It is distributed along the western coast o ...
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King mackerel
The king mackerel (''Scomberomorus cavalla'') or kingfish, is a migratory species of mackerel of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It is an important species to both the commercial and recreational fishing industries.
Description
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Atlantic Spanish mackerel
The Atlantic Spanish mackerel (''Scomberomorus maculatus'') is a migratory species of mackerels that swims to the Northern Gulf of Mexico in spring, returns to south Florida in the Eastern Gulf, and to Mexico in the Western Gulf in the fall.
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Permit (fish)
The permit (''Trachinotus falcatus'') is a game fish of the western Atlantic Ocean belonging to the family Carangidae. Adults feed on crabs, shrimp, and smaller fish.
Taxonomy
The permit was first described by the "father of taxonomy", Carl Lin ...
Florida pompano
The Florida pompano (''Trachinotus carolinus'') is a species of marine fish in the '' Trachinotus'' (pompano) genus of the family Carangidae. It has a compressed body and short snout; coloration varies from blue-greenish silver on the dorsal are ...
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Jolthead porgy
The jolthead porgy (''Calamus bajonado'') is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Sparidae. In Bermuda, it is known as the blue bone porgy, in the United States, it is also known by the Spanish name ''bojanado'', in Jamaica, it is one o ...
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Rainbow runner
The rainbow runner (''Elagatis bipinnulata''), also known as the rainbow yellowtail, Spanish jack and Hawaiian salmon, is a common species of pelagic ocean, marine fish of the jack family, Carangidae. The species is widespread throughout the tropi ...
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Red porgy
The red porgy (''Pagrus pagrus''), or common seabream, is a species of marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in shallow waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, being present on the western coast of Europe ...
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Samson fish
The samson fish (''Seriola hippos'') is a jack of the genus ''Seriola''. It is found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans to eastern Northland in Australia. It is not found anywhere in New Zealand
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Torpedo scad
The torpedo scad (''Megalaspis cordyla''), also known as the hardtail scad, finny scad, finletted mackerel scad or cordyla scad, is a species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family, Carangidae. The torped ...
Selene brevoortii
''Selene brevoortii'', the hairfin look down, also known as the airfin lookdown, Mexican lookdown or Pacific lookdown, is a species of carangid fish native to warmer parts of the East Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, Unite ...
Australasian snapper
The Australasian snapper (''Chrysophrys auratus'') or silver seabream is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution areas in the Northern and ...
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Common snook
The common snook (''Centropomus undecimalis'') is a species of Seawater, marine fish in the family (biology), family Centropomidae of the order (biology), order Perciformes. The common snook is also known as the sergeant fish or robalo. It was o ...
Blacktip trevally
The blacktip trevally (''Caranx heberi''), also known as the blacktip kingfish or yellowtail kingfish, is a species of large marine (ocean), marine fish classified in the jack Family (biology), family Carangidae. The blacktip trevally is distribut ...
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Blue trevally
The blue trevally (''Carangoides ferdau''), also known as the banded trevally, barred trevally, Ferdau's trevally or Forskaal's jackfish, is a common, widespread species of pelagic marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The blue ...
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Bluefin trevally
The bluefin trevally (''Caranx melampygus''), also known as the bluefin jack, bluefin kingfish, bluefinned crevalle, blue ulua, omilu, and spotted trevally), is a species of large, widely distributed marine fish classified in the jack family, Car ...
Island trevally
The island trevally, island jack, thicklip trevally or false bluefin trevally (''Carangoides orthogrammus'') is a widespread species of offshore marine (ocean), marine fish classified in the jack Family (biology), family Carangidae. The island tr ...
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Longfin trevally
The longfin trevally (''Carangoides armatus''), also known as the longfin kingfish, longfin cavalla or armed trevally, is a species of inshore marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is common in tropical to subtropical waters o ...
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Longnose trevally
The longnose trevally (''Carangoides chrysophrys''), also known as the tea-leaf trevally, club-nosed trevally, grunting trevally or dusky trevally, is a species of inshore marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is distributed th ...
Malabar trevally
The Malabar trevally (''Carangoides malabaricus''), also known as the Malabar jack, Malabar kingfish or nakedshield kingfish, is a species of large :wiktionary:inshore, inshore ocean, marine fish of the jack Family (biology), family, Carangidae. ...
Bigeye trevally
The bigeye trevally (''Caranx sexfasciatus''), also known as the bigeye jack, great trevally, six-banded trevally and dusky jack, is a species of widespread large marine fish classified in the jack family Carangidae. The bigeye trevally is distr ...
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Whitefin trevally
The whitefin trevally (''Carangoides equula''), also known as the horse trevally, is a species of deep water Shore, offshore fish in the jack Family (biology), family Carangidae. The species inhabits the tropical to temperate waters of the Indo-P ...
Giant trevally
The giant trevally (''Caranx ignobilis''), also known as the lowly trevally, barrier trevally, ronin jack, giant kingfish or ''ulua'', is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae. The giant trevally is distributed ...
Wahoo
Wahoo (''Acanthocybium solandri'') is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh makes it a prized and valued game fish. In Hawaii, the wahoo is kno ...
Game fish
Game fish, sport fish or quarry refer to popular fish pursued by recreational anglers, and can be freshwater or saltwater fish. Game fish can be eaten after being caught, or released after capture. Some game fish are also targeted commerciall ...
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List of freshwater game fish
This is a list of freshwater fish pursued by recreational anglers.
* Alligator gar
* American paddlefish
* Amur catfish
* Arapaima
* Arctic grayling
* Asian arowana
* Asp (fish)
* Australian grayling
* Bagarius yarrelli
* Barramundi
* Basa (fish ...