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Gulf butterfish: Peprilus burti: Gulf chimaera: Hydrolagus alberti: Gulf Coast pygmy sunfish: Elassoma gilberti: Gulf flounder: Paralichthys albigutta: Gulf killifish: Fundulus grandis: Gulf kingfish Menticirrhus littoralis: Gulf menhaden: Brevoortia patronus: Gulf of Mexico fringed sole: Gymnachirus texae: Gulf pipefish: Syngnathus scovelli ...
Due to Hawaii's isolation 30% of the fish are endemic (unique to the island chain). [ 1 ] The Hawaiian Islands comprise 137 islands and atolls, with a land area of 6,423.4 square miles (16,636.5 km 2 ). [ 2 ]
The fish is named in honor of Carter R. Gilbert (1930-2022), who was the Curator of Fishes at the Florida Museum of Natural History from 1961 to 1998, because of his many contributions to the study of North American fishes. [3] Elasoma gilberti is closely related to E. okefenokee, and the two species are nearly indistinguishable in appearance.
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One of the coolest, most prehistoric-looking fish lives in Florida’s offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It happens to be one of the best to eat but also one of the most elusive.
The Hawaiian flagtails are species of the genus of flagtail fishes found in the Hawaiian Islands. Two species are Kuhlia sandvicensis [1] and K. xenura. [2] K. xenura is endemic to the islands. In the Hawaiian language, āholehole refers to the young stage, [3] and āhole the mature fish. It was sometimes called puaʻa kai, literally "sea pig". [4]
Boaters have been injured, killed by Gulf sturgeon that jump out of the water. They can grow longer than 6 feet & have fleshy "whiskers" on its snout Prehistoric fish in Florida: Details about ...
The flagtails (āhole [4] or āholehole [5] in the Hawaiian language) are a family (Kuhliidae) of centrarchiform ray-finned fish of the Indo-Pacific area. The family consists of about 12 species in one genus, Kuhlia. Most are euryhaline and often found in brackish water, but the genus also includes species restricted to marine or fresh water.