Other Names: Piggy, Piggy Perch, Grunt. Pigfish are characterized by irregular barring on the cheeks, a mottled appearance, or indistinct, irregular v
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The bay anchovy is a small, translucent fish that lives in schools throughout the Chesapeake Bay. It is the most abundant fish in the Bay. Bay anchovi
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The scaled sardine, Harengula jaguana, is a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae. It is native to coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, f
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The Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) is a small marine filter feeding fish belonging to the family Clupeidae. The range of Gulf menhaden encompasse
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The bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) is an oceanic fish found in tropical regions around the globe. Other common names include mas bango, akule, c
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Appearance: Color olive green with blue tints on back, shading to silvery sides, white below. Anal and pelvic fins yellowish. Dark blotch at base of p
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Description: Color light olive to bluish green above, silvery gray to golden below; frequently black spot on operculum; readily distinguished from cre
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Description: Silvery, with a greenish or bluish back; fins golden yellow; a single dark shoulder spot; scales on back noticeably smaller than those on
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Description: Snout length somewhat less than eye diameter; silver stripe on body narrow - width less than eye diameter or snout length throughout; bac
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Description: Color bluish-gray or green above, shading to silver on sides, with indistinct horizontal black barrings, white below; fins lightly scaled
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Description: Dark saddle on caudal peduncle sometimes forms a complete ring around peduncle in adults; eight faint bars on body, alternately long and
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Description: Back bluish gray, sometimes greenish; sides silvery to brassy; slender body. Where Found: In schools ranging from North Gulf of Mexico to
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Description: Solid back with dark streaks, usually single small dark spot at upper edge of opercule and sometimes one at shoulder. Where Found: North
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Other Local Names: Cigar minnow. Description: Long, fusiform; greenish-blue fading to silver on sides, belly white; narrow, yellowish stripe from head
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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
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Description: Back dark blue/gray, sides silvery, belly white; small head. Where Found: In salt water from Cape Cod to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico
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Description: Silvery to golden below; yellowish anal and caudal fins; conspicuous black saddle on caudal peduncle and small black area at edge of oper
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Description: Color of back green or greenish blue with metallic lustre; silvery sides, white underneath (colors darken when fish enters fresh water to
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