The Push for 100 Species in 2021

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Livie #42 (Lifer 116) Sargent Major

 

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Livie #43 (Lifer 117) Ballyhoo

 

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Livie #44 (Lifer 118) Bermuda Chub

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JF #46 (Lifer) Spottail Pinfish, Diplodus holbrooki

Have to look at their teeth to id 🙄.

JF #47 (Lifer) Reef Croaker, Odontoscion dentex

Teeth on this guy helped in its id as well. I tried to lip it but changed my mind quickly.

JF #48 (Lifer) Houndfish, Tylosurus crocodilus. Definitely did not try to lip this guy.

 

JF #49 (Lifer My 200th species 😁) Cocoa damselfish, Stegastes xanthurus

 

 

 

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JF #50 (Lifer) Slippery dick wrasse. Never did catch a terminal phase fish.

JF #51 (Lifer) Buffalo Trunkfish, Lactophrys trigonus. Maybe @FishnDave would call it Plieris biteyourhandis

JF #52 (Lifer) Slender Mojarra, Eucinostomus jonesii. Should have used this guy for bait to try for one of the two barracuda at the end of the pier.

[FishnDave]

4 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

F #51 (Lifer) Buffalo Trunkfish, Lactophrys trigonus. Maybe @FishnDave would call it Plieris biteyourhandis

 

Little fella was just hungry.  He saw his chance, and he took it!  Tried to take you down!   

Kind of reminds of of a "Broomtail" I had on my line on Maui...also known as a Scrawled Filefish.  I didn't land mine, unfortunately.  This is a picture I found online:

[Johnsfolly]

8 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

Little fella was just hungry.  He saw his chance, and he took it!  Tried to take you down!   

Kind of reminds of of a "Broomtail" I had on my line on Maui...also known as a Scrawled Filefish.  I didn't land mine, unfortunately.  This is a picture I found online:

I've seen them in Florida and Bahamas and we even ate one that we speared along with some trigger fish. I had caught what I thought was one back in the day, but no photo and I pulled it off my Life list.

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JF #53 (Lifer) Mayan Cichlid, Mayaheros urophthalmus

JF #54 (Lifer) Peacock Bass, Cichla sp.  There are three species in FL. Not sure yet which one this is, more work needed.

JF #55 Oscar, Astronotus ocellatus

JF #56 Spotted Tilapia, Tilapia mariae

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56) Black Buffalo , sight fished, Liferin

[Ham]

57) Yellow Perch