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Marine Fisheries - Coastal Fish 7

Marine Fisheries

Fish Finder

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries' Guide to What's Catching

INSHORE/COASTAL FISH
 

 Atlantic Spadefish, Angelfish
Chaetodipterus faber
Size and Catch Limits
 

 Atlantic spadefish
 

Spanish Mackerel, Spaniard
Scomberomorus maculatus
Size and Catch Limits
State Record
Citation Size Requirements
Species Identification

 Spanish mackerel
 

Spottail Pinfish
Diplodus holbrooki

 Spottail pinfish
 

 Spot
Leiostomus xanthurus
State Record
Citation Size Requirements

 Spot

 

See more inshore/coastal fish
All fish illustrations by Duane Raver, Jr. from the book Fisherman's Guide: Fishes of the Southeastern United States.
Email Steve.Mehan@ncdenr.gov for information on the use of these images.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries • 3441 Arendell Street • Morehead City, NC 28557 • 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632

 

 
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