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ANGLER'S GUIDE TO FISHES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO!
This book is a given for recreational and commercial fishermen as well as anyone who loves the outdoors! Since most anglers identify their fish by reviewing illustrations rather than using scientific keys, the authors have succeeded in making fishing easier by providing superb illustrations and detailed diagnostics for fish identification. A valuable, one-stop reference tool for everyday anglers, fisheries experts, biologists, and outdoors writers, this guide includes intensively researched information on 207 species of saltwater fish, essential data on each species’ habitat, identification, typical size, and food value. By Jerald Horst & Mike Lane, illustrated by Duane Raver. 207 species. |
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| Other Names : | Moray Eel, Spotted Moray | | Range & Habitat : | Gulfwide in reef or rocky bottoms offshore to depths of 160 feet. They are more common in the southern Gulf of Mexico. | | Identification & Biology : | The spotted moray is usually white or yellowish, with brown to purplish-black spots, but color is high variable. Additionally, about 20 other species of moray, with which it may be confused, exist in the Gulf of Mexico including the ocellated moray, Gymnothorax saxicola in the eastern Gulf and the blackedge moray, Gymnothorax nigromarginatus in the western Gulf. Moray species are notoriously difficult to identify. | | Size : | Up to 3 feet long. | | Food Value : | None in the United States, but morays are eaten in the West Indies. | | Description by: Jerald Horst, Associate Professor, Fisheries - LSU AgCenter |
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