Yellowtail Snapper
Yellowtail Snapper Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: back and upper sides olive to bluish with yellow spots; lower sides and belly with alternating narrow, longitudinal pink and yellow stripes; prominent mid lateral yellow stripe begins at mouth and runs to tail, broadening as it passes the dorsal fins; caudal fin yellow and deeply forked; [...]
Vermilion Snapper
Vermilion Snapper Fishing Information
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illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: color of entire body reddish, with a series of short, irregular lines on its sides, diagonal blue lines formed by spots on the scales above the lateral line; sometimes with yellow streaks below the lateral line; large canine teeth absent; orientation of mouth and eye give it [...]
Silk Snapper
Silk Snapper Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: back and upper sides pinkish red, shading to silvery sides with undulating yellow lines; pectoral fins pale yellow; back edge of caudal fin blackish; anal fin pointed; no dark lateral spot; yellow eye.
Similar fish: red snapper, L. campechanus.
Where found: OFFSHORE over rocky ledges in very deep water; [...]
Schoolmaster Snapper
Schoolmaster Snapper Fishing Information
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illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: color olive gray on upper sides with yellow tinge, sometimes with reddish tinge around head; long triangular snout; eight pale vertical bars on the side of the body; yellow fins; blue stripe below eye, becoming interrupted in adults; no dark lateral spot.
Similar fish: dog snapper, L. jocu; [...]
Red Snapper
Red Snapper Fishing Information
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illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: color pinkish red over entire body, whitish below; long triangular snout; anal fin sharply pointed; no dark lateral spot; red eye.
Similar fish: silk snapper, L. vivanus.
Where found: OFFSHORE on the continental shelf, more plentiful off the Panhandle than in south or middle Florida.
Size: to 20 pounds
Remarks: juveniles [...]
Queen Snapper
Queen Snapper Fishing Information
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illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: color of back and upper sides red, lower sides; silvery body long and slender; dorsal fin distinctly notched; large eyes; caudal fin deeply forked; no dark lateral spot.
Similar fish: other snappers.
Where found: OFFSHORE over rocky reefs of the continental shelf to 450 feet; young suspend at mid-depths.
Size: [...]
Mahogany Snapper
Mahogany Snapper Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: color grayish-olive with a reddish tinge; conspicuous dark spot, about the size of the eye, below the soft dorsal fin, 1/4 to 1/2 of it below the lateral line; the large eye and caudal fin are bright red; lower margin of the preopercle has prominent spur [...]
Lane Snapper
Lane Snapper Fishing Information
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illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: color silvery-pink to reddish with short, irregular pink and yellow lines on its sides; diffuse black spot, about as large as the eye; the dorsal fin centered above the lateral line; outer margin of caudal fin blackish.
Similar fish: mutton snapper, L. analis (anal fin rounded in lane [...]
Gray Snapper
Gray Snapper Fishing Information
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illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: color dark brown or gray with reddish or orange spots in rows along the sides; dark horizontal band from snout through eye (young only); two conspicuous canine teeth at front of upper jaw; dorsal fins have dark or reddish borders; no spot on side underneath dorsal fin.
Similar [...]
Dog Snapper
Dog Snapper Fishing Information
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illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: color brown with a bronze tinge, lighter on sides; canine teeth very sharp, one pair notably enlarged, visible even when mouth is closed; in adults, pale triangle and a light blue interrupted line below the eye; no dark spot on body underneath dorsal fin.
Similar fish: schoolmaster, L. [...]
Cubera Snapper
Cubera Snapper Fishing Information
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illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: color dark brown or gray, may have a reddish tinge; broad-based triangular tooth patch on roof of mouth without a posterior extension; despite its specific name, which translates to “blue-fin,” the fins have only a slight tinge of blue; canine teeth in both jaws very strong; one [...]
Blackfin Snapper
Blackfin Snapper Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: color generally red, with yellowish caudal, anal, and pelvic fins; distinctive and prominent dark comma-shaped blotch at the base of the pectoral fins, which gives the fish its common name; anal fin rounded; no black spot on side underneath dorsal fin.
Similar fish: other snappers.
Where found: adults OFFSHORE [...]
Vermilion Snapper
Vermilion Snapper Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Descriptions: color of entire body reddish, with a series of short, irregular lines on its sides, diagonal blue lines formed by spots on the scales above the lateral line; sometimes with yellow streaks below the lateral line; large canine teeth absent; orientation of mouth and eye give it [...]
