Family Coryphaenidae

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Family Coryphaenidae

• Dolphinfish
• Common species
• Dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus)

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Coryphaenidae Characteristics

• Long continuous dorsal fin and deeply forked
  caudal fin
• Prey on small schooling fishes (flyingfish)
• Associate with Sargassum and drift lines

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Dolphinfish Growth
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Coryphaenidae
Male
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Family Carangidae

• Jacks
• Common species
• Atlantic Bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus)
• Florida Pompano (Trachinotus carolinus)
• Lookdown (Selene vomer)

Atlantic Bumper
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Carangidae Characteristics

• Family characterized by various body types
• Torpedo - Plate-like
• Nearly, all are fast swimming predators
• Deeply forked tails and narrow caudal peduncle
• First two anal spines are usually detached
• Most species form schools and feed on other
  schooling fish by making slashing attacks

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Carangid Juveniles

• Juveniles associate with Sargassum and flotsam

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Lookdown
Lookdown Development
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Florida Pompano
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Greater Amberjack
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Family Lutjanidae

• Snappers
• Common species
• Vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens)
• Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)

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Lutjanidae Characteristics

• Large triangular head, and mouth
• Usually protractile in nature and equipped with
  two large canine teeth
• Impt. food fish in the tropics and subtropics

• Two ecological groups
• Mid-water foragers
• Benthic rovers

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Red Snapper

• Considered by many to be the prize reef fish
• High value per pound at market

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Vermilion Snapper

• Most frequently caught snapper and also the
  smallest in size
• Maximum 25 inches and 6 pounds

B-Liner
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Cubera Snapper
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Family Lobotidae

• Tripletail
• Lobotes surinamensis