Guess the brackish water fish

[sandtiger]

OK, time to start looking.

 

[guppy]

The last part of it's common name is a four letter word.

 

[sandtiger]

Cool, thanks for the hint. Still working on it.

 

[guppy]

Couple different shots

 

[sandtiger]

Where is it from?

 

[Jesse]

The last part of it's common name is a four letter word.

Jack?

 

[guppy]

It is found as far west as Saudi Arabia and as far east and north as Korea,
it is in the same family as jacks and pompano, it is not a jack.

 

[Jesse]

it is in the same family as jacks and pompano, it is not a jack.

There you have it folks: proof positive that I don't know jack!

 

[guppy]

The key to this guy is that it is a brackish, commonly eaten fish with black markings on it's dorsals.

 

[guppy]

Okay, you took to long, that is a Blackfin Scad, (Alepes melanoptera),
how about trying this little (7-8") shoaling, shallow water predator that is often found in mangrove swamps.