Fishes of Sarasota County, Fl

Guide to all fish species that should be present in Sarasota County. Determined by looking through survey reports for the local watersheds and range maps for various saltwater species.

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Yellow Jack ¹
Caranx bartholomaei

Atlantic Bumper ²
Chloroscombrus chrysurus

Bar Jack ³
Caranx ruber

Leather Jack ⁴
Oligoplites saurus

Atlantic Crevalle Jack ⁵
Caranx hippos

Greater Amberjack ⁶
Seriola dumerili

Lookdown ⁷
Selene vomer

Florida Pompano ⁸
Trachinotus carolinus

Sharksucker ⁹
Echeneis naucrates

Common Dolphinfish ¹⁰
Coryphaena hippurus

Permit ¹¹
Trachinotus falcatus

Pompano Dolphinfish ¹⁰
Coryphaena equiselis

Cobia ¹²
Rachycentron canadum

Great Barracuda ³
Sphyraena barracuda

Swordfish ¹³
Xiphias gladius

Sailfish ¹⁴
Istiophorus platypterus

Atlantic White Marlin ¹⁵
Kajikia albida

Blue Marlin ¹⁶
Makaira nigricans

Tarpon Snook ¹⁷
Centropomus pectinatus

Common Snook ¹⁸
Centropomus undecimalis

Smallscale Fat Snook ¹⁹
Centropomus parallelus

Hogchoker ²⁰
Trinectes maculatus

Lined Sole ²¹
Achirus lineatus

Eyed Flounder ³
Bothus ocellatus

Gulf Flounder ²²
Paralichthys albigutta

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Fishes of Sarasota County, Fl

Yellow Jack 1 Caranx bartholomaei

Atlantic Bumper 2 Chloroscombrus chrysurus

Bar Jack 3 Caranx ruber

Leather Jack 4 Oligoplites saurus

Atlantic Crevalle Jack 5 Caranx hippos

Greater Amberjack 6 Seriola dumerili

Lookdown 7 Selene vomer

Florida Pompano 8 Trachinotus carolinus

Sharksucker 9 Echeneis naucrates

Common Dolphinfish 10 Coryphaena hippurus

Permit 11 Trachinotus falcatus

Pompano Dolphinfish 10 Coryphaena equiselis

Cobia 12 Rachycentron canadum

Great Barracuda 3 Sphyraena barracuda

Swordfish 13 Xiphias gladius

Sailfish 14 Istiophorus platypterus

Atlantic White Marlin 15 Kajikia albida

Blue Marlin 16 Makaira nigricans

Tarpon Snook 17 Centropomus pectinatus

Common Snook 18 Centropomus undecimalis

Smallscale Fat Snook 19 Centropomus parallelus

Hogchoker 20 Trinectes maculatus

Lined Sole 21 Achirus lineatus

Eyed Flounder 3 Bothus ocellatus

Gulf Flounder 22 Paralichthys albigutta