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09-10-2008, 07:55 AM
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A friend of mine was fishing off Sakonnet and caught this fish. Any thoughts as to what it is? He said he caught it using a lure and it was in a school on the surface.
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09-10-2008, 08:12 AM
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| The color looks washed out, but the pattern looks like the little fish that my brother sees on the surface when he checks his pots....
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09-10-2008, 11:05 AM
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| It does look like the fish that hang around pots. I believe it is a pilot fish.
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09-10-2008, 11:28 AM
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| I second the pilot, or could be a banded rudderfish... We've seen them while spearfishing, follow us around all day like a remora! | ||
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09-10-2008, 11:36 AM
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| Thanks guys. I googled the pilot and banded rudderfish and it looks more like the banded rudder. "The banded rudderfish is a small relative of the amberjack. Similiar in appearance if large the smaller banded rudderfish are easily identified from their other close relative by the 6 dark bands on the body. These bands however cause the younger banded rudder fish to often be confused with pilotfish. Banded Rudderfish lose the bands once they reach about a foot or more in length. The very very young fish (fry size and smaller will be yellow betten the poorly formed blackish bands. The range of the banded rudderfish is the western Atlantic from Nova Scotia, south to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The adults of this species prefer shallower water than other amberjacks. The banded rudderfish can be found over hard bottom and reefs, in deep inshore channels around structures, and in schools near buoys oil rigs, at all depths. Older fish also follow sharks and other large fish. Young banded rudderfish live offshore under jellyfish, commonly found inside the cannon ball jellyfish. Also around weed lines and floating debris. One characteristic to help identify these fish is the white tips of the tail fin."
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09-10-2008, 11:37 AM
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| I'm pretty sure it is a Banded rudderfish.... | ||
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09-10-2008, 11:42 AM
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| Definitely a Seriola zonata - banded rudderfish | ||
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09-10-2008, 12:20 PM
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| Hmmmm, likes to follow sharks! Maybe next time we get one tagging along with us while spearing, I'll be looking for Mr. Greysuit to be in the neighborhood! | ||
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09-10-2008, 02:51 PM
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| The fish I see mostly around sharks are more brilliantly purple/black.....those there seem washed out in color.
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09-10-2008, 04:38 PM
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| yup banded rudderfish
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