Chaetodipterus faber
Size: to 36" and 20 lbs.
Habitat: shallow coastal waters
Notes: Spadefishes are not quite as tropical as the others on this page, and typically range to New England. They may form large schools. Babies are uniformly black without stripes.
Scientific Name:
Brevoortia tyrannus
Family:
Clupeidae
Size:
12"-15"
1 lb.
Common Names:
menhaden, bunker, mossbunker, pogy, fatback, alewife, bugfish, skipjack
Although this herring is generally considered unfit for human consumption, the menhaden fishery is one of the most important and productive fisheries on the Atlantic coast. For years, it has provided coastal communities with a stable source of employment and the nation with a major source of protein on a renewable and environmentally sound basis.
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