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Index of Subjects Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 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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