| Silver
Perch (Yellowtail) (Bairdiella chrysoura) |
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| Description: |
color silvery
with yellowish fins; no spots; no chin barbels; no prominent canine
teeth at tip of upperjaw; preopercle finely serrated; 5 to 6 chin pores;
mouth terminal. |
| Similar
fish: |
sand seatrout,
Cynoscion arenarius (the seatrouts usually have 1 or 2 prominent canine
teeth at tip of upper jaw and do not have chin pores). |
| Where
found: |
INSHORE in
seagrass beds, tidal creeks and rivers, and marshes. |
| Size: |
small, not
exceeding 9 inches. |
| Remarks: |
spawning takes
place in shallow, saline portions of bays and other INSHORE areas,
peaking between May and September; matures by second or third year (by 6
inches); adults eat crustaceans and small fishes; may live to 6 years. |
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