Game FishingSunfish Family, Centrarchidae
Bass Family, Serranidae
Sea-Bass Family, Serranidae
Pike Family, Esocidae
Perch Family, Percidae
Grayling Familiy, Thymallidae
Salmon Family, Salmonidae
Drum Family, Sciaenidae
Minnow Family, Cyprinidae
Catfish Family, Siluridae
Sheepshead Family, Sparidae
Mackerel Family, Scombridae
Grunt Family, Haemulidae
Grouper Family, Serranidae
Snapper family, Lutianidae
Porgy family, Sparidae
Cavalli family, Carangidae<
Runner
Horse-eye Jack
Pompano
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Cavalli family, Carangidae
The members of this family differ from the true mackerels by a less number of spines in the first dorsal fin, and in having but two spines in the anal fin, and no detached finlets; also in having smaller teeth.Carangus chrysos - The Runner.
Body oblong, moderately elevated, the dorsal and ventral outlines about equally arched; head 3 3/4" ; depth 3 1/4"; eye 3 1/2"; lateral line with 50 scutes ; D. VIII-I, 24; A. II-I, 19 ; profile forms a uniform curve; snout rather sharp; mouth moderate, slightly oblique, maxillary reaching middle of orbit; teeth comparatively large; a single series in lower jaw; upper jaw with an inner series of smaller teeth; no canines; teeth on vomer, palatines, and tongue; gill-rakers long and numerous; pectoral fin not longer than head; scales moderate; cheeks and breast scaly; black opercular spot.
Carangus latus - The Horse-eye Jack.
Moderately deep; head 3 3/4" ; depth 2 1/2"; scutes 30; D. VIII-I, 20 ; A. II-I, 17; head bluntish ; profile curved; mouth moderate; lower jaw prominent; villiform teeth on upper jaw, vomer, palatines, and tongue; weak canines in lower jaw; breast scaly; maxillary reaching posterior edge of pupil; pectoral fin about as long as head; cheeks and upper part of opercles scaly; gill-rakers rather long, about 12" below the angle.
Trachinotus carolinus - The Pompano.
Body oblong, comparatively robust; head 4" ; depth 2 1/2"; eye 4 1/2"; scales small and smooth; D. VI-I, 25; A. II-I, 23; profile of head evenly convex; snout bluntly rounded; mouth small, maxillary reaching middle of eye; jaws without teeth in the adult; maxillary without supplemental bone; dorsal and anal fins falcate, anterior rays nearly reaching middle of fins when depressed; dorsal lobe 4 1.2" in body; anal 5 1/2"; dorsal lobe pale.