Fish ID Help Please

[Billfish715]

I keep catching unusual fish off our dock in Manasquan. This one hit a sabiki rig. It's obviously a juvenile, but of what? [ATTACH]88681[/ATTAiCH]

[Billfish715]

Here's a closer look at its head.

[Billfish715]

Last one.

[wrktoomuch]

I would say baby Barracuda.

[rockdoc]

Looks like a sennett; catch em in cast net at times...

[tautog]

Northern sennet

[Andycw]

What body of water?
Description Edit

Like other members of the Sphyraenidae family, northern sennet have elongated bodies, pike-like heads, and large jaws.[3] The lower jaw protrudes slightly from the upper jaw, both of which contain fang-like teeth.[3] They have two dorsal fins, which are widely separated on their backs. The anterior dorsal fin usually possesses spines, while the posterior only has rays.[3] Northern sennet have 24 vertebrae. They also have five or six spines on their dorsal fins and 9 rays. Their anal fins have only two spines and 7-9 rays.[4] Northern sennet can grow to be up to 46 cm in length,[5] but they are generally considered the smallest of the barracudas - with many adults growing to less than 1 ft (0.3 m) in length,[6] and the greatest recorded weight being only 0.93 kg.[7]

Northern sennet are olive-colored, dorsally, and silvery-white ventrally. They also have several dusky blotches along their lateral lines.[6]

[RBC67]

Northern sennet

X2

[Bass Kicker]

Sennet

[dfish28]

Lol, there are a lot around this year, definitely Northern Sennet... They have been here forever but this year they are really around... Was joking around about rigging them up for inshore mahi... Ohh wait, someone keeps emptying there billage in the hole. Nevermind...:mad:

[Billfish715]

Thanks to all of you. It's great to know how many ichthyologists we have on this board..