Game FishingSunfish Family, Centrarchidae
Bass Family, Serranidae<
White-bass
Yellow-bass
Sea-Bass Family, Serranidae
Pike Family, Esocidae
Perch Family, Percidae
Grayling Familiy, Thymallidae
Salmon Family, Salmonidae
Drum Family, Sciaenidae
Minnow Family, Cyprinidae
Catfish Family, Siluridae
Sheepshead Family, Sparidae
Mackerel Family, Scombridae
Grunt Family, Haemulidae
Grouper Family, Serranidae
Snapper family, Lutianidae
Porgy family, Sparidae
Cavalli family, Carangidae
Freshwater Fish
Bottom Freshwater Fish types
Saltwater Fish
Bottom Saltwater Fish types
Fish information
Useful Fishing Sites
Bass Family, Serranidae
The bass family is composed mostly of marine fishes, nearly all of which are good game- and food-fishes. These will be described among the fishes of the East Coast and Florida in subsequent pages. It is the most typical group among the percoid (perchlike) fishes. Only two species of the family inhabit fresh water, the white-bass and the yellow-bass.The fishes of this family are characterized by an oblong body, large mouth, brushlike or bristlelike teeth, sometimes with canines; one or two dorsal fins, the first always composed of spiny rays; the anal fin, always with three spines; scales adherent and rough (ctenoid); preopercle usually serrate; opercle with flat points or spines; cheeks and opercles always scaly; premaxillary protractile; dorsal and ventral outlines do not always correspond; caudal fin not deeply forked; its peduncle stout.