🐟 Almaco Jack
Deep-bodied amberjack; sometimes darker in coloration; front of soft dorsal and of anal fins high and elongated.
🐟 American Shad
Color of back green or greenish blue with metallic lustre; silvery sides, white underneath.
🐟 Atlantic Croaker
Inferior mouth; 3 to 5 pairs of small barbels on chin; silvery-gray or bronze body with dark oblique wavy bars.
🐟 Atlantic Sharpnose Shark
Long and flattened snout; white trailing edge of pectoral; black-edged dorsal and caudal fins.
🐟 Atlantic Spadefish
Silvery with 4 to 6 black vertical bands on each side; deep, flattened body.
🐟 Banded Rudderfish
Less than 11 inches long; dark band from eye to first dorsal fin and six prominent bars on body.
🐟 Bank Sea Bass
Pale olive or brassy brown in color with indistinct black blotches that form vertical barrings.
🐟 Black Drum
High arched back; 10 to 14 pairs of chin barbels; gray or black colored body in adults.
🐟 Black Grouper
Olive or gray body coloration with black blotches and brassy spots; gently rounded preopercle.
🐟 Black Sea Bass
Basic color dark brown or black; dorsal fin has rows of white spots or narrow lines.
🐟 Blackfin Snapper
Color generally red, with yellow caudal, anal, and pelvic fins; dark comma-shaped blotch at base of pectoral fins.
🐟 Blue Marlin
Color cobalt blue on top shading to silvery white on bottom; upper jaw elongated in form of spear.
🐟 Blue Runner
Color light olive to bluish green above, silvery gray to golden below; black spot on operculum.
🐟 Bluefish
Color blue or greenish-blue on back, sides silvery; mouth large; teeth prominent, sharp, and compressed.
🐟 Bonefish
Silvery color with bluish or greenish back; slender, round body; snout long, conical, aiming downward.
🐟 Bonnethead Shark
Broadly widened head in the shape of a shovel; only slight indentation of anal fin; gray or grayish-brown.
🐟 Cero
Color of back iridescent bluish green; sides silvery; yellow spots forming lines above and below a bronze stripe.
🐟 Cobia
Long, slim fish with broad depressed head; lower jaw projects past upper jaw; dark lateral stripe extends through eye to tail.
🐟 Common Snook
Distinct black lateral line; high, divided dorsal fin; concave head profile.
🐟 Crevalle Jack
Color bluish-green to greenish-gold back and silvery belly; black spot on operculum and base of pectoral.
🐟 Cubera Snapper
Color dark brown or gray, may have a reddish tinge; large canine teeth visible even when mouth is closed.
🐟 Dog Snapper
Color brown with a bronze tinge, lighter on sides; pale triangle below eye and pale bars on body.
🐟 Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi)
Bright greenish blue above, yellow on sides, with capability of flashing purple, chartreuse, and other colors.
🐟 Fantail Mullet
Color olive green with blue tints on back; silvery sides; distinctive yellow-tipped forked tail.
🐟 Fat Snook
Deeper body than other snooks; color yellow-brown to green-brown; snout moderately long.
🐟 Flounder
Body color brown, its shade depending on bottom color; both eyes on same side of head.
🐟 Gag Grouper
Brownish gray in color with dark worm-like markings on sides; squared-off tail.
🐟 Goliath Grouper
Head and fins covered with small black spots; largest grouper in the Atlantic.
🐟 Gray Snapper
Color dark brown or gray with reddish or orange spots in rows along sides.
🐟 Greater Amberjack
Dark stripe extends from nose to in front of dorsal fin; amber-colored stripe along sides.
🐟 Grunt
Body color light bluish-gray, head with horizontal blue stripes; makes grunting sound by grinding teeth.
🐟 King Mackerel
Color of back iridescent bluish green, sides silvery; no black pigment on front of first dorsal.
🐟 Ladyfish
Terminal mouth; slender body; small scales; bluish or green above, sides and belly silvery.
🐟 Lane Snapper
Color silvery-pink to reddish with short, irregular pink and yellow lines on lower sides.
🐟 Lesser Amberjack
Olive green or brownish back and silver sides; relatively large eyes compared to Greater Amberjack.
🐟 Longbill Spearfish
Color of body dark blue, shading to silvery, white underneath; bill shorter than in marlins.
🐟 Mahogany Snapper
Color grayish-olive with a reddish tinge; red iris and dark spot at base of dorsal fin.
🐟 Mutton Snapper
Colored olive green on back and upper sides; red-orange tinge below; blue lines below eye.
🐟 Nassau Grouper
Color light background with brown or red-brown bars on sides; dark saddle blotch on caudal peduncle.
🐟 Palometa
Grayish-blue-green on top; four narrow dark vertical bars on sides; elongated dorsal and anal fin lobes.
🐟 Permit
Color gray, dark or iridescent blue above, shading to silvery sides; orange tinge on throat and belly.
🐟 Pompano
Greenish gray on back, shading to silvery sides; no scutes; deeply forked yellow-tinged tail.
🐟 Queen Snapper
Color of back and upper sides red, lower sides silvery; deeply forked tail.
🐟 Red Drum
Chin without barbels; copper-bronze body; one or more black spots at base of tail.
🐟 Red Grouper
Color brownish-red; lining of mouth scarlet-orange; second spine of dorsal fin longer than others.
🐟 Red Snapper
Color pinkish red over entire body, whitish below; red iris; sharp pointed anal fin.
🐟 Rock Sea Bass
Color olive-brown or bronze, with dark blotches forming vertical bars on sides.
🐟 Sailfish
Color dark blue on top, brown-blue laterally, silvery white underbelly; enormous sail-like dorsal fin.
🐟 Sand Sea Trout
Pale body color, yellow above, silver to white below; no spots on fins.
🐟 Sandbar Shark
Snout broadly rounded and short; first dorsal fin triangular and high; gray or brown above.
🐟 Scamp Grouper
Color light gray or brown; large adults have elongated caudal fin rays forming filaments.
🐟 Scalloped Hammerhead
Flattened head extending to hammer-like lobes; front edge of head scalloped; gray-brown above.
🐟 Schoolmaster
Color olive gray on upper sides with yellow tinge; yellow fins; blue stripes on head.
🐟 Sheepshead
Basic silvery color, with 5 or 6 distinct vertical black bands; sheep-like teeth.
🐟 Shortfin Mako Shark
Lunate tail with similarly sized lobes; deep blue back, white underside; pointed snout.
🐟 Silk Snapper
Back and upper sides pinkish red, shading to silvery sides; yellow iris.
🐟 Silver Perch
Color silvery with yellowish fins; no spots; small mouth; back slightly arched.
🐟 Silver Sea Trout
Pale straw colored above, silvery sides and white below; no prominent spots.
🐟 Spanish Mackerel
Color of back green, shading to silver on sides; oval or round golden spots on sides.
🐟 Spotted Sea Trout
Dark gray or green above, with sky-blue tinges; rows of round black spots on upper sides and fins.
🐟 Striped Mullet
Color bluish-gray or green above, shading to silver on sides; distinct horizontal stripes.
🐟 Swordfish
Color of back variable, black, grayish blue, or brown; bill flat, sword-like; no pelvic fins.
🐟 Swordspine Snook
Smallest of the snooks; profile slightly concave; second anal spine very long.
🐟 Tarpon
Last ray of dorsal fin extended into long filament; large silver scales; jumps spectacularly when hooked.
🐟 Tarpon Snook
Only snook with 7 anal fin rays; more slender body than common snook.
🐟 Vermilion Snapper
Color of entire body reddish, with a series of short, irregular lines on sides.
Wahoo
Elongated body; dark blue above, pale below; irregular vertical blue bars on sides; sharp, closely set teeth.
🐟 Weakfish
Dark olive or blue-green back; sides covered in tones of blue, purple, and green; irregular dark spots.
🐟 White Marlin
Color of body dark blue to chocolate brown; rounded tips on dorsal and pectoral fins.
🐟 Yellow Fin Grouper
Color highly variable, greenish olive or bright red; outer third of pectoral fin bright yellow.
🐟 Yellow Mouth Grouper
Color tan or brown with darker spots; inside of mouth yellow.
🐟 Yellowtail Snapper
Back and upper sides olive to bluish with yellow spots; prominent yellow stripe from snout to tail.