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" Rough Fish Identification "

Skipjack ( Herring )

DESCRIPTION - A typical herring or shad it is silvery colored with a small dorsal fin, deeply forked caudal fin and small mouth.  The lower jaw on a skipjack extends in front of the upper jaw and the fish is very compressed (flattened side to side).  There is no dark marking on the shoulder.