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Striped Garlic (Allium cuthbertii)Observer
sm356Description
On US-1, Palm Coast, Flagler County, FL
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Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)Observer
wmurleyDescription
Caught this fish several years ago at the Econ river. It looks like some sort of saltwater drum/croaker species…hopefully y’all can identify it.
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Mountain Mullet (Dajaus monticola)Observer
gabrielsomarribaDescription
Took me a while to figure this one out, but see this reference:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313899448_Occurrence_of_a_Colorful_Prejuvenile_Mountain_Mullet_Agonostomus_monticola_in_Brackish_Water_of_Montserrat_Lesser_Antilles
2 distinct dorsal fins; went through juv. Bluefish, some kind of wrasse or exocoetid, but finally found the closest thing in the paper at the link above.
Caught with a castnet from the north side of the jetty, in the surge zone at the edge of a huge school of Mugil sp.
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Pirate Perches (Genus Aphredoderus)Observer
kingmushDescription
female. I may be wrong though.. :/
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Grey Snapper (Lutjanus griseus)Observer
ewan_mccombsDescription
Caught with a live shrimp, the fish here appear to have grown accustomed to fisherman, so they nibble away at where the hook isn't on the shrimp.
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Blackfin Snook (Centropomus medius)Observer
ana_luisa_ahernPlace
Missing Location
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Pacific Black Snook (Centropomus nigrescens)Observer
robertovelasquezDescription
Robalo capturado por la pesca ribereña de Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca
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Yellowfin Snook (Centropomus robalito)Observer
alboertoalcalaDescription
Jairo Alcalá©
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Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis)Observer
rolas101Description
Atrapado por Pescador
Fishermans bounty
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American Pickerel (Esox americanus)Observer
zach6Description
Grass or Redfin Pickerel. Caught sampling in our gillnet.
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Burro Grunt (Rhonciscus crocro)Observer
gleblanc756Description
Three specimens of the same species. The larger one is female and the smaller two are males.
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Peninsula Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens ssp. piaropicola)Observer
dipaboseDescription
This organism was identified out in Paynes Prairie/Sweetwater Wetlands. This organism was found on the ground, among hte brush near the edge of a stream. Temperature was about 74 degrees F, and it was overcast but still somewhat sunny.
Class: Amphibia -- scaleless tetrapod, moist permeable skin
Order: Urodela -- slender body, blunt snout, right-angle proejcting short limbs
Family: Salamandridae -- lack of rib or costal groves, rough-appearing skin, no nasiolabialgrooves
Genus: Notophthalmus -- distinctive bright red all-body coloring and brown/black dotting across torso
Narrowed down to Notophthalmus, likely N. viridescens (Peninsula Newt), which has this characteristic bright orange/red juvenile land-dwelling stage, as well as fine black dots all over body.
