Game FishingSunfish Family, Centrarchidae
Bass Family, Serranidae
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<
Yellow-tail
Red snapper
Dog snapper
Schoolmaster snapper
Porgy family, Sparidae
Cavalli family, Carangidae
Freshwater Fish
Bottom Freshwater Fish types
Saltwater Fish
Bottom Saltwater Fish types
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Snapper family, Lutianidae
This family of perchlike fishes is related to the grunts on one hand, and to the groupers, or seabasses, on the other. Those to be described here are mostly of small or moderate size, but are all good food-fishes and fair game-fishes. They are abundant along the Florida Keys, and with the exception of the red snapper are caught in a similar manner, and with the same tackle and baits, as the grunts.They are characterized by an oblong body more or less elevated and compressed; rough scales, large head and mouth; teeth sharp and unequal; dorsal fin single, with ten or twelve spines; anal fin similar in shape to soft dorsal fin, with three spines; the caudal fin concave.