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Scomberomorus maculatus
Photo take at -45 ft on a coral reef, this is a common fish in the CaribbeanThe fish exhibits a green back; its sides are silvery marked with about three rows of round to elliptical yellow spots. Lateral line gradually curving down from the upper end of the gill cover toward caudal peduncle. The first (spiny) dorsal fin is black at the front. Posterior membranes are white with a black edge. Its single row of cutting edged teeth in each jaw (around sixty-four teeth in all) are large, uniform, closely spaced and flattened from side to side. wikipedia.
Found froom the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as far north as Cape Cod, Massachusetts. They are a shallow water species, preferring sand bottom in 6 to 12 m depths, occasionally found as deep as 24 m.
Spotted on Dec 2, 2012
Submitted on Dec 2, 2012
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