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| Description: color blue or greenish
blue on back, sides silvery; mouth large; teeth prominent, sharp, and compressed; dorsal
and anal fins nearly the same size; scales small; lateral line almost straight. Similar fish: blue runner, C. crysos. |
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| Where found: young usually INSHORE
spring and summer, moving OFFSHORE to join adults fall and winter; strong migration
of northeast Atlantic stock to Florida east coast in winter. Size: most west coast catches under 3 pounds, much larger on east coast. |
Remarks: travels in large schools,
following schools of baitfish; cannibalistic; all members of a given school about the same
size; spawning occurs OFFSHORE in spring and summer. Florida record: 22 lbs., 3 ozs. |
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