What fish?

[onefishtwofish]

Anyone know what this is? Some friends of friends caught it down south somewhere and they asked me and I said I could probably find out thanks to BBF.

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[silverking]

Grass porgy, according to Sport Fish of Florida by the great Vic Dunaway.

[CairoTrout]

Jolthead Porgy!

[silverking]

Jolthead doesn't have the vertical bar through the eye like this one does. Either way, it's in the porgy family.

[Flatswdr]

Looks like a young Whitebone Porgy to me. As they grow older the blotches are less pronounced. Good eating from what I hear. Definitely in the porgy family, upper mandible is longer than the lower one.

[Salty Gator]

FYI, not 100% on fish, but lower jaw is mandible and upper jaw is maxilla. No upper and lower mandible.

[onefishtwofish]

Thanks all. The friend guessed it was a Porgy, but did not know which.

From an anatomical standpoint (I am a veterinarian), you are correct Salty. Upper is maxilla, lower is mandible.

[Flatswdr]

Thanks for the correction gentleman.

[SS-342]

According to Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexica by Jerald Hoast and Mike Lane, illustrated by Duane Raver on page 296-297 it is a Grass Porgy (Calamus arctifrone) or aka Grass Bream, Shad,Porgy. Food value very good but small. One of the smallest porgies, seldom exceeds 8 inches.

[SS-342]

According to Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexica by Jerald Hoast and Mike Lane, illustrated by Duane Raver on page 296-297 it is a Grass Porgy (Calamus arctifrone) or aka Grass Bream, Shad,Porgy. Food value very good but small. One of the smallest porgies, seldom exceeds 8 inches.