NEW FISH TO ME

I wish we had them round here. I love eating Amberjacks. Same family and all...bet they eat well.

Fun fight on light tackle too they would be. ;D
 
THANKS EVERYONE ;DOrder: Syngnathiformes
Family: Centriscidae
Species: Macrorhamphosus scolopax (Lin,1758)
Common Name: Longspine snipefish, Snipe fish

Size: to 20 cm TL (male/unsexed).

Habitat Type: Demersal; marine; depth range 25 - 600 m. Adults found near the bottom (normally at 50-150 m depth) over sand habitats on the lower continental shelf. Juveniles found in oceanic surface waters.

Diet: Juveniles feed mainly on pelagic invertebrates, mainly copepods; adults feed on bottom invertebrates.

Range: Widespread in warm seas. Western Atlantic: the offing of Nantucket Massachusetts Bay. Eastern Atlantic: southern England to the coast and banks of Morocco and in the Mediterranean.

Reproductive Strategy: Spawns commonly from October-March.

Comments: Commercial and aquarium species
 
YEAP!!! SMALL AMBERJACK, BACK BREAKER WHEN YOU
CATCH THEM IN A REEF OVER 200 FT OF WATER, THEY'RE BIG!!!! WHEN THEY ARE BIG OFTEN HAVE WORMS.

LESTERUS
 
You bean those get that big?

Cool

AJs here usually have to be 45-50+ before they have worms.

A buddy of mine got a 99#er a couple months back.

I look for a pic...
 
STINKY: DONT BE FUNNY!!! I MEANT OVER 200FT DEPTH
OF WATER, THE ONLY THING IN MIAMI OVER 200FT IS THE CIGARET BOATS OF DRUG DEALERS!!!!!

LESTERUS
 
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