Can someone identify this FISH?

[pcheney]

I'm pretty sure it's a dolphin (the fish, not the mammal......) look at the one in this image:

http://www.augustawestside.com.au/Dolphin Fish.JPG

- note the shape of the tail and the pectoral fins, then look at the body shape - they match the ones in your picture.....

 

[gpulsar]

Looks close. Thanks

 

[Joe-Diver]

Problem with calling it a dolphin fish is the dorsal fin. Dolphin have a very long, body length dorsal fin.

I'm leaning toward a Crevalle Jack.

 

[pcheney]

i think you're right - didn't notice the dorsal fin.... good fish-spotting on your part

 

[Joe-Diver]

Thanks, but newmanl called it first in post #8....

 

[billsreef]

Those keeled scales along the tail are an important clue that it is a member of the Jack family or a close relative. Beyond that, a much better picture is indeed needed for more than speculation.

 

[Sully3]

Its a black jack. You can tell from the steeply sloping
forehead, and by the black scutes running from midbody
to the base of the tail

 

[ryan115]

I would agree...Caranx lugubris

 

[TwoBitTxn]

The long pectoral fins also indicate Jack. I don't see how you can differentiate from black jack to cravalle, to horse eye, to big eye from that picture, but it is a jack