Leatherjacket

Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles

Family Carangidae

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

Size: to 30 centimeters (1 foot)

Where found: enters bays and estuaries, often in turbid water