Kayak Fishing - Jacksonville
Parts of a fish identified
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| 1.
Total Length |
2.
Fork Length |
| 3.
Standard Length |
4.
Head Length |
| 5.
Snout Length |
6.
Caudal peduncle (where the body attaches to the
tail) |
| 7.
Fin rays, spinous (unsegmented) and soft (segmented) |
8.
First (spinous) dorsal fin |
| 9.
Second (soft) dorsal fin |
10.
Pectoral fin |
| 11.
Pelvic (ventral) fin |
12.
Anal fin |
| 13.
Finlet |
14.
Caudal (tail) fin |
| 15.
Lateral line |
16.
Scutes (bone-like projections |
| 17.
Opercle (gill cover) |
18.
Preopercle (cheek) |
| 19.
Interopercle |
20.
Adipose eyelid |
| 21.
Supramaxilla (rear portion of upper jaw bone) |
22.
Premaxilla (forward portion of upper jaw bone)
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