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Venice Florida Fishing - Saltwater Fish Identification
Venice Florida Fishing - Saltwater Fish Identification
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Fish Measurement & Anatomy Details
  • 1) Total length
  • 2) Fork length
  • 3) Standard length
  • 4) Head length
  • 5) Snout length
  • 6) Caudal peduncle (where the body attaches to the tail)
  • 7) Fin rays, spinous (unsegmented) and soft (segmented)
  • 8) First (spinous) dorsal fin
  • 9) Second (soft) dorsal fin
  • 10) Pectoral fin
  • 11) Pelvic (ventral) fin
  • 12) Anal fin
  • 13) Finlet
  • 14) Caudal (tail) fin
  • 15) Lateral fin
  • 16) Scutes (bone-like) projections
  • 17) Opercle (gill) cover
  • 18) Preopercle (cheek)
  • 19) Interopercle
  • 20) Adipose eyelid
  • 21) Supramaxilla (rear) portion of upper jaw bone
  • 22) Premaxilla (forward portion of upper jaw bone)