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| Design by : Read-one |
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| BALLYHOO OTHER NAME: Hoo, Halfbeak SPECIES: Hemiramphus brasiliensis SIZE: Average 10-12 inches, but commonly reach 15 or 16 inches |
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| BAY ANCHOVY "GLASS MINNOW" OTHER NAME: Fry, Bigmouth Fry, Anchoa SPECIES: Anchoa Mitchilli SIZE: Average 1 or 2 feet, none are likely to exceed 3 or 4 feet |
| BIGEYE SCAD "GOGGLE-EYE" OTHER NAME: Gog, Goggle-eye Jack SPECIES: Selar Crumenophthalmus SIZE: Less than one foot |
| ROUND SCAD "CIGAR MINNOW" OTHER NAME: Hardtail, Cigarfish, Chuparaco SPECIES: Decapterus Punctatus SIZE: Under a foot, average 6-8 inches |
| REDTAIL SCAD "SPEEDO" OTHER NAME: Speedo SPECIES: Decapterus Tabl SIZE: Larger than Cigar Minnow, average 12-14 inches |
| RIBBONFISH OTHER NAME: Atlantic Cutlassfish, Silverfish SPECIES: Trichiurus Lepturus SIZE: Average about 2 feet long, sometimes to 4 feet. |
| SCALED SARDINE "PILCHARD" OTHER NAME: White bait, Sardina SPECIES: Harengula Jaguana SIZE: Averages 3-6 inches |
| SPANISH SARDINE OTHER NAME: Sardine, Shiner, Herring SPECIES: Sardinella Aurita SIZE: Averages 2-4 inches, reaches 10 inches or so. Orange Sardine usually is smaller than the Spanish. |
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| ATLANTIC MENHADEN OTHER NAME: Pogy, Moosbunker, Alewife, LY, Fatback, Shad, Bunker SPECIES: Brevoortia Tyrannus SIZE: Averages about 8 inches, to about 12 inches. |
| ATLANTIC THREAD HERRING OTHER NAME: Greenie, Greenback, Shiner, Thread, Machuelo SPECIES: Opisthonema Ogliman SIZE: Averages 4-6 inches, maximum about 12 inches |