Thread: What is this fish???

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Think that there is a sennet.

More likely a Guachanche barracuda (notice the yellowish band on its sides).
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...6&AT=Ekoui

There is a good bit of confusion between these and Northern sennet
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...ry.php?id=3679
and Southern sennet
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...ry.php?id=1237

:-\

At one point this summer, that was the only thing biting. Im not complaining either, cause at least something was biting.

They are not bad eating at all either
Surprisingly, the flesh is similiar in taste and texture to speckled trout. ???

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More likely a Guachanche barracuda (notice the yellowish band on its sides).
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...6&AT=Ekoui

There is a good bit of confusion between these and Northern sennet
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...ry.php?id=3679
and Southern sennet
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...ry.php?id=1237

:-\
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:bow: :bow: :bow: I do know this though, sennet is a lot easier to say than Guachanche! Isn't Guachanche a brand of hooks?? oke1:

Bamacuda

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Bamacuda
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[quote author=DUCK link=topic=594.msg5460#msg5460 date=1328883968]
Bamacuda
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Winner

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[quote author=DUCK link=topic=594.msg5460#msg5460 date=1328883968]
Bamacuda
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Winner
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+1 :headbang: :yippee:

I emailed the ID question (with pics) to Dr Bob Shipp who was quick to respond

Hi David. The species you’re catching is the guaguanche, Sphyraena guachancho. The key is the yellow stripe down the flank, missing in the sennets. Although the sennets (which may be just one species, not two) are reported from the Gulf, I’ve never seen one in our parts. But every year at Rodeo, a few guaguanches show up.

How’s pier fishin? I walked the pier last week, and a few pompanos were still showing up.

BTW, the new edition of my “Guide to Fishes of the Gulf” will be out in a couple of months. Pass the word!!

-Bob

8) Schooled again, by the master! :bow: