Tropical Fish in Long Island

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Fish Finder;2078590; said:
You got it. Here's the list though i promised as well as how common the fish are to NY waters during the summer. Would you like me to start a new thread with all the spices listed? I may have missed one here or there on my whole list but posting it may help me finish it finally.

JACKS
• African pompano (Alectis ciliaris), uncommon
• Yellow jack (Caranx bartholomaei), rare
• Blue runner (Caranx crysos), sometimes common
• Crevalle jack young (Caranx hippos), common-summer
• Horse-like jack (Caranx latus), rare
• Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus), rare
• Mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus), sometimes common
• Round scad (Decapterus punctatus), sometimes common
• Atlantic moonfish (Selene setapinnis), not uncommon
• Rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata), rare
• Pilotfish (Naucrates ductor), rare
• Leatherjack (Oligoplites saurus), uncommon
• Bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus), not uncommon
• Lookdown (Selene vomer), not uncommon
• Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili), uncommon
• Lesser amberjack (Seriola fasciata), rare
• Banded rudderfish (Seriola zonata), common
• Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), not uncommon
• Permit (Trichanotus falcatus), young are common on sandy shores near the inlets on the south shore in late summer
• Palometa (Trachinotus goodei), rare
• Rough scad (Trachurus lathami), not uncommon


That's quite a list! Yes, a new thread with all that you catch would be great.
 
bump this should be a sticky. a kid ntted what was either a permit or a butterfish a few years ago in coney island
 
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