Bighead searobin belong to the family Triglidae. They are all bottom dwelling fish. There unique heads, winglike pectoral fins and with the first few rays detached to look like fingers are identifing charactoristics of these fish. The scientific name of the bighead searobin is Prionotus tribulus. Bighead searobins reach lengths of 14 inches. They are … Read more
I recently recieved this picture of a fish with a human face. I had previously recieved question about this fish but never recieved a picture before. The story of the fish with a human face has been circulating through the internet for sometime now often accompained by the very bold headline, “Fish Discovered with Human … Read more
Rock Sea Bass range North Carolina to Florida, as well as the eastern Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana. The Rock Sea Bass live offshore and only reach size of a pound or two. An interesting fact about the Rock Sea Bass is that they are born female and turn into males as they get older … Read more
Leerfish are found in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea. The Scientific name is “Lichia amia”. Leerfish is just one of many common names this fish goes by. Others include Akya, Garrick and Leervis. Leerfish are members of the Jack family. Leerfish or Garrick are usually found in small groups in summer, usually less … Read more
Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) reach a maximum size of ~50 pounds. Red Snapper, as the name implies, have a somewhat reddish color. A more descriptive adjective would probably be rose colored. The young have a large dark spot just below the back part of the dorsal fin. Red Snapper range from Massachusetts down to Florida … Read more
The stocky hawkfish is the largest of the hawkfishes and are plenitfully found amoung shallow coral reefs from the Red Sea, East Africa Eastward to the the Marquesan Islands and Mangareva, also north to Japan and East to the Hawaiian Islands. The species is also found in the atlantic ocean near the southern tip of … Read more
Juvenile African Pompano, notice the long filaments that tip the end of its fins. These get shorter the older the fish is. Even though the names implies they are an african fish they do occur in U.S. waters each year. You might be interested: Recipes: Florida Pompano
Longtail bass are a colorful fish from the Western Atlantic Ocean. The live in water 180 feet deep on out to water 900 feet deep. Range from South Carolina to the Caribbean Sea, including Northern Gulf of Mexico. Here is another one!
Speckled Trout (Cynoscion nebulosus) also know as speck is a very important gamefish in the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Atlantic Ocean. Speckled Trout are easy to identify. They have elogated bodies with spots. The spots are more prominent when young and are more numerous on the back. Specks have two very easy … Read more
Both of these pictures are of a Northern Stargazer. Pictures were sent in by different people. Stargazers are very strange fish. Stargazers have the unique ability to produce an electric shock from an organ located between their eyes on the top of their head. So be careful when handling them.