![]() ![]() Not a single bluefish has been added to the state’s top 10 list in 30 years - since 1984, when a 15.25-pounder was placed in the No. Louisiana’s record fish of 21.88 pounds was caught by Steve Van Every in 1982. In the Gulf of Mexico, bluefish seldom grow over 10 pounds, unlike on the Atlantic Coast, where the world record of 31 pounds, 12 ounces was set. Larger fish will be found further offshore. Smaller fish will often be found very near shorelines, along beaches and even in brackish bays. They are noted for being among the most ferocious and bloodthirsty fish in the seas, leaving in their wake a trail of dead and mangled fish. Most other fish species (exceptions are sharks and piranha) use their teeth to grab the fish they are going to eat and swallow them whole. What it does have that sets it apart from almost all other fish, is a mouth of razor-sharp cutting teeth that it uses to cut chunks of flesh from its prey. ![]() It is generically fish-shaped and its fins are typical fish fins and in all the right places. Besides its large golden eye, it has few other distinguishing features. The word saltatrix is pure Latin and interprets as “dancing girl.” That word in turn is derived from saltor, which means “jump” or “dance,” maybe because of its jumping and hard fighting abilities when hooked.Īs for its common name - perhaps “greenfish” would be more appropriate, since its body color is steely, mint green, fading to silver below. The first part of its name, Pomatomus is derived from the Greek words for “cover” and “portion,” presumably in some reference to its gill covers. Each fish is the only member of its family, an oddity in the fish world. Scientifically known as Pomatomus saltatrix, it shares a peculiarity with cobia and tripletail. ![]()
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