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Name Wahoo
Family Family Scombridae, MACKERELS AND TUNAS
Description body slender; elongate jaws form a pointed beak; dark bluish above, with about 30 dark wavy bars; whitish below 1st dorsal fin long and low, with 21 to 27 spines; no gill rakers.
Where Found offshore Gulfstream; bluewater
Size to 2.1 m (83 in.) and 83 kg (183 lbs.).
Food Quality Fair
Recipe
Remarks an important game fish, reowned for its tremendous runs and shifts of direction; usually not in schools; caught by trolling bait and artificial lures on flatlines.
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