| 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 |
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| 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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