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This article lists wide variety or diversity of fish in the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the state of Florida in the United States. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [ 4] Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet.
This species can be found in Middle America. It is native to the Atlantic slope of tropical Mesoamerica, ranging from eastern Mexico southward to Nicaragua. [2] It was first recorded from Everglades National Park, Florida in 1983 and is now a common nonindigenous fish in South Florida. [3]
It is found at depths of from 3 to 40 metres (9.8 to 131.2 ft). The head and upper body are a light, but brilliant, yellow color slowly fading to a pearlescent blue hue. It can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. [2] Yellowhead jawfishes are common in Florida. The Jawfishes live in rubble areas and sand in groups of up to 70 ...
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.
A big reason snook is the favorite saltwater fish of Florida’s recreational anglers is that the species flourishes everywhere from mangrove-lined creeks to metropolitan canals. On the surface ...
Flagfish are small, robust fish, 6 centimetres (2.4 in) in length, with a truncated snout which has been compared to that of a bulldog. They have rounded fins with the dorsal and anal fins positioned posteriorly and adjoining the caudal fin. Females have an obvious spot on their flanks and a clear spot near the posterior end of the dorsal fin ...
A recent study changed the way Florida's most popular freshwater game fish was classified. It also found the species in N.C. 'New' fish species in Florida, North Carolina.
Sciaenops ocellatus. ( Linnaeus, 1766) The red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ), also known as redfish, channel bass, puppy drum, spottail bass, or simply red, is a game fish found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to northern Mexico. [ 2] It is the only species in the genus Sciaenops .