Lemon Shark

Lemon Shark

The lemon shark is a yellow-gray shark most commonly found in Florida’s southern coastal waters, especially around wrecks and ledges. It commonly enters estuarine waters and often ventures into freshwater areas, but does not penetrate as far up rivers as…

Tripletail

Tripletail

The tripletail fish has a compressed but deep body with a triangle-shaped head. The eyes are small, but the mouth is large. The bases of the dorsal and anal fins are scaled and the pectoral fins are shorter than the…

Rock Hind

Rock Hind

The Rock Hind has a robust compressed strong body that is deepest at the dorsal fin origin. They vary in color from tan to yellowish-brown to greenish on their head and body and are covered with reddish-brown spots, which become…

Sand Seatrout

Sand Seatrout

The Sand Seatrout is also known as the white trout. Its body is pale with a tan or yellowish back, fading to a silver or white belly. They have a pair of large canine teeth at tip of upper jaw…

Sheepshead

Sheepshead

Sheepshead are greenish-gray with a laterally compressed body marked by five or six vertical dark bars on the sides. They have prominent teeth with incisors, molars and rounded grinders that enable them to crush shellfish and sea urchins. They have strong,…

Snook

Snook

Common snook have a slender body and a distinct lateral line. The dorsal fins are high and divided and the anal spines are relatively short. The common snook has a sloping forehead with a large mouth and a protruding lower…

Spanish Mackerel

Spanish Mackerel

Spanish mackerel have greenish backs with silvery sides and belly. Golden yellow spots above and below the lateral line cover the sides of the body. The front of the first dorsal fin is black. The lateral line curves gently to…

Spot

Spot

The body is short and grayish silver with golden reflections along the upper sides. Between 12 and 15 wavy dark lines run from the dorsal fins to below the lateral line.