Uraspis secunda (cottonmouth jack)

Uraspis secunda (cottonmouth jack)

Description
English: Cottonmouth jack ( Uraspis secunda ). Gulf of Mexico.
Date 19 January 2009, 09:34
Source NOAA Photo Library or NOAA Photo Library: fish4507 http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/fish4507.htm
Author SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uraspis_secunda.jpg

The cottonmouth jack, Uraspis secunda, is a gamefish in the family Carangidae. It was first described in 1860 by Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey in his two-volume work Historia Natural de la Isla de Cuba, or "Natural History of the Island of Cuba". It is also known as the cottonmouth trevally. Order: Perciformes, Family: Carangidae, Genus: Uraspis, Species: Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860).


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Description		Uraspis secunda (cottonmouth jack) Description English: Cottonmouth jack ( Uraspis secunda ). Gulf of Mexico. Date 19 January 2009, 09:34 Source NOAA Photo Library or NOAA Photo Library: fish4507 http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/fish4507.htm Author SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uraspis_secunda.jpg The cottonmouth jack, Uraspis secunda, is a gamefish in the family Carangidae. It was first described in 1860 by Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey in his two-volume work Historia Natural de la Isla de Cuba, or "Natural History of the Island of Cuba". It is also known as the cottonmouth trevally. Order: Perciformes, Family: Carangidae, Genus: Uraspis, Species: Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860).

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