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Family Albulidae, BONEFISHES
Albula vulpes
Description: silvery
color with bluish or greenish back; slender, round body; snout long,
conical, aiming downward and overhanging lower jaw; dark streaks
between scales on upper half of body and faint crossbands extending
down to lateral line; extremities of dorsal and caudal fins shaded with
black.
Similar Fish: ladyfish,
Elops saurus
Where found: primarily
INSHORE fish inhabiting shallows of the Florida Keys; found in shallows
often less than 1 foot deep, usually over lush grass flats,
occasionally over white sand.
Size: 3 to 5 pounds.
*Florida Record: 15 lbs., 6 ozs.
Remarks: travels in
loose schools; roots out shrimp, shellfish, crabs, and fish from the
bottom; spawns offshore, eggs hatching into ribbon-like larvae that
metamorphose into fish-like form at about 2 inches and move inshore.
* The Florida records
quoted are from the Department of Environmental Protection's printed
publication, Fishing Lines and are not necessarily the most current
ones. The records are provided as only as a benchmark.
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