Guess the brackish water fish

[blacktip]

Guppy, I don't know where you find these fish, but this one is the Humpbacked Mangrove Cardinalfish, Apogon hyalosoma. The dorsal fins gave it away as a cardinalfish, but the concave head, the caudal spot, and the black margin on the first dorsal fin were easy to spot. Okay, so really it was the mangrove swamp hint that allowed me to find this one on Google. (I searched for cardinalfish mangrove and this fish came right up)

 

[guppy]

I mainly find them when looking for other fish, I like this one, it is like a mouth almighty but could be kept with scats or monos and jordani cats.
Your up.

 

[blacktip]

Okay, this is probably too easy, but I don't all that many brackish water fish. This fish is known to spend time in fresh, brackish and salt water.

 

[guppy]

I think I have caught those on the Louisiana coast, about 1 1/2' long. I will have to look them up as the name escapes me at the moment, one of the croakers I think.

 

[guppy]

Ah, redfish or red drum, (Sciaenops ocellatus) apparently they get a lot bigger than the ones I was catching. The white chin and caudal spots give them away.

 

[blacktip]

Like I said, too easy. Good job guppy.

 

[guppy]

It helped that I have caught them myself.

 

[guppy]

This one is more likely to be on your table than in your tank.

 

[guppy]

Nobody? This one was caught near Grenada and they are found all the way down to Agentina.

 

[blacktip]

Is it the striped weakfish, Cynoscion guatucupa? I know it has to be one of the Cynoscion species.