Spottail

The Spottail lives in the demersal, potamodromous, freshwater, pH range: 6.0 - 6.5, dH range: 4 - 18 environment.

The spottail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans waters between latitudes 31° N and 31° S, from the surface to 140 m. Its length is up to about 1.6 m. More

catches of spottail bass and spotted sea trout because of fears cold water temperatures may have killed off some of the fish. Water temperatures dropped into the low 40s in early January, killing shrimp, and possibly some fish species, according to the S.C. Depart-ment of Natural Resources. More

Spottail Pinfish Fish Species Information Scientific Fish Name: Diplodus holbrookii Other Fish Species Names: Regions Fished: Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay to Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico. More

Spottail Shiner, Notropis hudsonius Physical Description: More

spottail, swallowtail, rosyface, spotfin and mimic. The Potomac River watershed in Pennsylvania has the comely, satinfin, spottail, rosyface and spotfin shiners. More

Fish Identification Photos: Spottail Grunt, Haemulon maculicauda: The Spottail Grunt has an overall gray appearance characterized by a large black spot or blotch at the base of its caudal fin. Its scale rows that run parallel along its sides. More

Spottail Moray Eel Photos and Species Information for Fish Caught in Mexico See current, on-the-spot sportfishing reports and photographs of fish caught at Mexico's top vacation spots in this week's edition of "Mexico Fishing News" and see hundreds of other fish pictures and More

Spottail Dartfish, originates from the reefs of the Indo-Pacific. It has an elongated body, which is pale blue or green in color with a prominent black spot on the tail. More

Spottail pinfish (Diplodus holbrooki) is a member of the porgy family. It is similiar to the common pinfish except it has a large conspicuous spot just before the tail fin. They are frequently caught used as live bait for large offshore predators. More

Common names

Bembe in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Beme in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Characin in English
Dabé in Wolof (Wollof)
Dzogla in Ewe (Ɛʋɛgbɛ)
Dzogla dzevui in Ewe (Ɛʋɛgbɛ)
Imberi in Afrikaans
Imberi in English
Imene in Bemba
Insaku in Bemba
Lyhtyalesti in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Mansali in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Mberi in Nyanja
Ngalala in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Nkhalala in Nyanja
Nsaku in Bemba
Nsakwila in Bemba
Punaevätetra in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Roter Kongosalmler in German (Deutsch)
Sandowe in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Silversides in English
Spot-tail in English
Spot-tail robber in English
Spot-tailed robber in English
Spottail in English
Tewe kpiti in Irish (Gaeilge)
Tewe-kpiti in Adangme

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Order : Characiformes
Family : Alestidae
Genus : Brycinus
Species : Brycinus imberi
Authority : Peters, 1852