((Blue, Chopper, Snapper, Tailor Blue) Pomatomus saltatrix)
◎Long body is bluish green in coloration, fading to a light colored belly; tail is sharply forked and the mouth features razor sharp teeth.
◎Similar Fish: Pollock and several species of jacks are somewhat similar in appearance to bluefish, but all lack the formidable set of teeth prominent in bluefish.
◎Size: up to 31 3/4 pounds; average size is 1 ~ 15 pounds.
(Caranx crysos)
◎Streamlined shape, similar in most respects to crevalle jack, but lacking the blunt head; deeply forked, crescent shaped tail, pointed, sickle shaped pectoral fin and caudal peduncle keel with scutes are present; coloration is bluish green along the back, silvery sides with a silvery belly with shades or hints of yellow; a dark spot is present on gill cover and tips of caudal fin feature dark spots, but lacks the dark spot at the base of pectoral fin which is present on crevalle jacks.
◎Similar Fish: Crevalle Jack, Bar Jack, Horse Eye Jack
◎Size: up to 5 pounds; average size is approximately 1 pound.
(Makaira nigricans)
◎The largest Atlantic billfish, with an elongated body colored dark blue or cobalt blue on top fading to a silvery white belly; may have some golden hues when the fish is alive, especially where the bluish back fades to silvery, and several pale vertical bars may be present down the sides; first part of dorsal fin and the anal fin are pointed.
◎Similar Fish: closTely related and similar in appearance to White Marlin; distinguishable by pointed dorsal and anal fins (white marlin have rounded dorsal and anal fins) and size (white marlin in excess of 130 pounds are extremely rare)
◎Size: up to 1500 pounds; average size ranges from 200 ~ 500 pounds.
◎Round or oval shaped body featuring a head with a blunt snout and a small mouth; fin structure is highlighted by a deeply forked caudal fin, no first dorsal fin, which is replaced with 3 or 4 spines, and a long second dorsal fin; coloration pale blue to bluish green along the back fading to a silvery belly.
◎Size: up to 1 pound; average size is smaller.