Friday, October 12, 2012

Florida Fish Classification

A little Trivia for you:   Most fish that swim in Floridas "salt" are classified into 10 catergories.  How many have you caught?

1. Billfish (The Big Boys)
     Blue Marlin
     White Marline
     Swordfish
     Spearfish
     Sailfish

2. Drums  (The Lazy Boys)
     Croaker
     Black
     Red
     Sand Seatrout
     Silver Seatrout
     Silver Perch
     Weakfish

3. Groupers - (The Fat Boys)
     Gag
     Goliath
     Nassau
     Yellowfin
     Scamp
     Red
     Yellowmouth
     Warsaw

4. Jacks  (The Street Fighters)
     Blue Runner
     Lesser AmberJack
     Greater AmberJack
     Permit
     Pompano
     Almaco
     Banded Rudderfish
     Crevalle
     Palometa

5. Macs (Speed Demons)
     King
     Spanish
     Cero
     Wahoo

6. Porgies
     Jolthead
     Knobbed
     Red
    Sheepshead
    Pinfish

7. Sea Bass
     Bank
     Black
     Rock

8. Sharks (Top of the food chain)
     Sharpnose
     Bonnethead
     Mako
     Scalloped Hammerhead
     Hammerhead
     Blacktip
     Nurse
     Spinner
     Bull
     Lemon

9. Snappers
     Blackfin
     Cubera
     Dog
     Gray
     Lane
     Mahoghany
     Mutton
     Queen
     Red
     Schoolmaster
     Silk
     Vermillion
     Yellowtail

10. Snook
     Snook
    Fat Snook
    Swordspine
    Tarpon Snook

FWC: Fish Identification

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