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Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [4] African tigerfish: Hydrocynus vittatus: Alabama bass: Micropterus henshalli: Alabama shad: Alosa alabamae: Albacore: Thunnus alalunga: Alewife: Alosa pseudoharengus: Alligator gar: Atractosteus spatula: Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet ...
There are over 700 terrestrial animals, 200 freshwater fish species, 1,000 marine fish and thousands of terrestrial insects and other invertebrates that inhabit the state. [2] Florida's peninsular geography spans from subtropical to tropical zones, which, combined with its distinctive geology and climate, contribute to habitat diversity and an ...
According to preliminary data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, at least 15 of the mammals died from cold stress during January, with necropsies still pending for several ...
Florida: Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) Micropterus floridanus: 2007 [11] Atlantic sailfish (salt water) Istiophorus albicans: 2007 [12] Georgia: Largemouth bass: Micropterus salmoides: 1970 [13] Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish) Salvelinus fontinalis: 2006 [14] [15] Red drum (salt-water fish) Sciaenops ocellatus ...
Mercury-Atlas at Cape Canaveral Fishing for Mermaids at Rainbow Springs Photo by Richard LeSesne of Malcolm Campbell's Blue Bird. The Florida Photographic Collection is a nationally recognized component of the State Archives of Florida and contains over a million images, and over 6,000 movies and video tapes.
In the rainforest of northern South America, an entomologist by the name of Alfred E. Emerson spent five years on the hunt for new species. Emerson conducted three species surveys from 1919 to ...
The world record shoal bass was 8 pounds, 12 ounces according to the International Game Fish Association. The fish was caught October 23, 1977, in the Apalachicola River, Florida. This bass was a shoal bass, but originally reported as the Apalachicola form of redeye bass.
Invariably, b is close to 3.0 for all species, and c is a constant that varies among species. [5] A weight-length relationship was determined for a sample of 1,984 Florida pompano collected along the Gulf Coast of Florida between 2000 and 2002. [6] The fish sampled ranged in length from 79 to 481 mm (3.16-19.24 in).