[NatureNS] Banded Rudder Fish

Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:43:10 -0300
From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca>
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Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
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Hi Randy and all
I took a quick look at my old (1966) "Fishes of the Atlantic Coast of 
Canada"- Leim and Scott.  The Banded Rudderfish is in the family of Jacks 
and pompanos (Carangidae). That family is a wide-ranging family of oceanic 
fishes, the jacks more numeropus in tropical and subtropical seas. Other 
common names for this fish are amber-jack or shark pilot. The dark bands on 
the sides are characteristic of the smaller specimens seen further to the 
north. Apparently can reach a size of 3 feet and weight of 100 pounds.
The range is the Atlantic coast of North America from the Gut of Canso to 
the Gulf of Mexico, and only considered a stray north of Cape Cod. The 
Museum, Biological Station, St. Andrews, N.B. has a specimen (7.5 inches) 
caught Oct. 1955 in the Gut of Canso. The book notes this species as seen 
around buoys and floating wreckage.
cheers
Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com>


> I've never heard of these fish, Tom...I take it they are migratory?
> Can you give us some more info about them? Are they a yearly occurence
> out your way?
>
> On 27/09/2008, Terri Crane <terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> While moving the floating docks this morning I discovered that they were
>> being used by 7 Banded Rudder Fish. They ranged in size from 6-10''.
>>
>> I've had an eye open for them through-out the summer but was unable to 
>> see
>> any untill this morning.
>>
>> What will become of these wayward fish? Will they just suffer the same 
>> fate
>> as the majority of the wayward birds?
>
>
> Randy
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS. 

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