PINFISH

Family Sparidae, PORGIES
Lagodon rhomboides

Description: small mouth with incisor-like teeth; distinctive black spot behind the gill cover; body bluish-silver with blue and orange-yellow horizontal stripes, yellow fins.

Where found: seagrass beds, bridges, piers, marker pilings, and around natural and artificial reefs; spawn offshore.

Size: usually less than 8 in.

Remarks: popular live bait, notorious bait stealers.

*The Florida records quoted are from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and are not necessarily the most current ones. The records are provided as only as a benchmark.