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Atlantic Spanish Mackerel |
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Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles
Family Scombridae
Territory: INSHORE, NEAR SHORE and OFFSHORE, especially over reefs; absent from north Florida waters in winter.
Size: average catch less than 2 pounds (20 inches).
*Florida Record: 12 lbs.
Remarks:
schooling fish that migrates northward in spring, returning to
southerly waters when water temperature drops below 70 degrees F;
spawns OFFSHORE, spring through summer; feeds on small fish and squid.
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