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N°1 | The Devils Hole Pupfish

The Devils Hole Pupfish belongs to the Cyprinodontidae family. It is the smallest Cyprinodontidae species in the desert, measuring an average of 19 mm. It lives from 6 to 12 years old. It can reproduce all year round. It is one of the rarest fish in the world that happens to be in danger. Fishing is therefore prohibited. Males and females of the Devils hole pupfish have a rounded caudal fin and do not have a pelvic fin. The short, rectangular caudal peduncle is at the same level as the wide mouth. The jaw contains a series of teeth, with 16 teeth on the upper jaw and 16 on the lower jaw. Its scales are ctenoid and there are no pre-orbital scales. Other distinguishing features include a large head and eyes and an elongated anal fin. The Devils hole pupfish has 17 pectoral rays, 12 dorsal rays and 28 caudal rays. The male is taller than the female, is iridescent blue and has vertical bars on its tail. The female is smaller and thinner than the male, yellow-brown in color, has a light spot on the dorsal fin and no bars on the tail.

Fishing period : prohibited all year

Minimum size : not available

Difficulty :

N°2 | The Yellowfin Tuna

The Yellowfin Tuna belongs to the Scombridae family. The maximum reported length for yellowfin tuna is 280 cm overall length and the maximum weight is 400 kg. It can live for about 7 years. It reproduces all year round. It can be fished all year round. Yellowfin tuna is a large tuna. Its body is strongly tapered and deeper under its first dorsal fin, while decreasing considerably towards the caudal peduncle. Two dorsal fins are present. In adults, the second dorsal fin is very long, as is the anal fin, located directly below the second dorsal fin. These fins become relatively longer in larger individuals. The pectoral fin is also long and extends beyond the space between the dorsal fins. The caudal peduncle is very thin and includes three sets of pins. Seven to ten dorsal and ventral pinnacles are present. Behind the corselet, scales are missing, and a band of big scales encircle the body behind the head. A swim bladder is present. The eyes are small; the teeth are small and conical. The body is dark blue or metallic greenish above, while the belly and lower sides are silvery white with many interrupted vertical lines. Perhaps more clearly, a golden stripe runs along the side. The second dorsal and anal fins and pinnacles are bright yellow, and the pinnacles are bordered by a narrow black band.

Fishing period : all year round

Minimum size : 69 cm

Difficulty :

N°3 | The Yellow Perch

The Yellow Perch belongs to the Percidae family. The yellow perch measures on average 10 to 25 cm in length and weighs between 50 and 200 g (up to 36 cm for 500 g). The average lifespan is about 7 years. It breeds from April to May. It can be fished all year round. Its body is elongated and oval. Its head is moderately high and rounded at the tip. Its snout is obtuse and moderately long; it does not extend beyond the lower jaw. The mouth is terminal and slightly oblique. The jaws have small teeth. The operculum is finished with a strong thorn. There are 2 distinctly separated dorsal fins. The first dorsal spine is high and rounded, the spines are strong, the rays vary from 13 to 15. The second dorsal fin is almost as high, with 1 to 2 spines and 12 to 15 rays. The caudal is slightly forked. The color of the yellow perch varies according to its size and habitat. The back and dorsal surface of the head vary from bright green to golden brown to olive. The sides are pale yellow to yellow-green with about 7 vertical black bars of decreasing width. The ventral face of the head and body varies from grey to milk white. The dorsal and caudal fins range from yellow to green; the edge of the first dorsal fin is often black. In males in spawning livery the colors will be more intense: in particular, the pelvic and anal fins which are then bright orange.

Fishing period : all year round

Minimum size : 13 cm

Difficulty :

N°4 | Brown Trout

The Brown Trout belongs to the Salmonidae family. According to the location, the adult size varies from 25 cm to 80 cm for 300 to 800 g. It lives for 3 to 6 years. The spawning period starts in October and end in January. The female can lay up to 4000 eggs. The fishing period is open from the second Saturday of March until the third Sunday of September. This fish is not hard to catch but the fishing needs complex skills. Depending on its environment, the brown trout have a very variable color, but the brown trout, as its name shows, is rather brown with scattered black and red spots, depending on the spawners. It has a certain mimicry according to the bottom of its living spaces since the dominant brown will become a green dress if it lives close to the banks where yellow and even sometimes silvery white will mix. It has a "useless" adipose fin between the dorsal fin and the caudal fin. The head is tapered, strong and has a powerful jaw. Its back is a pretty black or night blue.

Fishing period : March to September

Minimum size : no restriction

Difficulty :

N°5 | The White Marlin

The White Marlin belongs to the Istiophoridae family. White marlin is smaller than many other sword fish. The maximum length for white marlin is 280 cm and the maximum weight is about 82 kg. It has a lifespan of about 18 years. They spawn in summer. The best time to catch white marlin is from June to August. This fish has a long, compressed, moderately fusiform body. The upper jaw forms a beak, with a round, long and thin cross-section compared to many other sword fish. Two dorsal fins and two anal fins are present. The first dorsal fin extends almost the entire length of the body, with a first lobe that shrinks abruptly towards the twelfth radius of the dorsal fin, then slowly. The maximum height of the large lobe is greater than the depth of the body. The second dorsal fin is inserted slightly behind the second anal fin. The first anal fin forms a strongly rounded lobe, while the second one approximately reflects the shape of the second dorsal fin above it. The pectoral fins are long and wide. The pelvic fins are inserted just below the origin of the pectoral fins. They are thin and equal to or slightly shorter than pectoral fins. The caudal peduncle contains a double keel. The body has a dense cover of bone scales. The lateral line is distinct and extends straight over the body, with only one curve on the origin of the dorsal fin. The body is dark blue above and silvery white below, with brown spots on the sides of the white part.

Fishing period : June to August

Minimum size : no restriction

Difficulty :

N°6 | The Yellowtail snapper

The Yellowtail snapper belongs to the Lutjanidae family. it reaches a maximum length of 85 cm for an average length of 45 cm. The maximum weight recorded is 4.1 kg. He has a life expectancy of 17 years. It can reproduce all year round. It can be fished from mid-June to mid-July. The Yellowtail snapper has an oval body. A bright yellow median band runs from the upper lip to the caudal fin. It is very thin between the lip and the eye, thicker then to widen on the side of the caudal. It divides the sides into two distinct parts. The underside is silvery-white with narrow lines alternating reddish and yellow, sometimes not very visible. The upper part is blue to purple, covered with yellow spots regularly arranged. The dorsal and caudal fins are bright yellow. The caudal is very forked, the upper lobe being longer than the lower lobe. The pectoral, pelvic and anal fins are white. The pectoral muscles are long, ending at the anus level. The head, triangular and relatively small in size compared to the body, shows a slight advance of the lower lip compared to the upper. The mouth is large and has prominent canines.

Fishing period : all year round

Minimum size : 30 cm

Difficulty :

N°7 | The Steelhead Trout

The Steelhead trout belongs to the Salmonidae family. Steelhead trout is a name given to the anadromous form of red-band trout (O. m. Gairdneri) or coastal rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus. M. irideus). Steelhead trout can weigh up to 26 kg and reach a length of 114 cm. He can live 11 years. It breeds from January to April. It is fished from the end of October to the month of November. Steelheads trout generally have a more refined shape and a silver or copper color when they reach adulthood, which is why they are called them.

Fishing period : October and November

Minimum size : 38 cm

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N°8 | The Horse Eye Jack fish

The Horse Eye Jack fish belongs to the Carangidae family. It can reach up to 100 cm for 13,33 kg. It can live for more than 18 years. It breeds from June to August. It can be fished all year. The backbones located on the body of Horse-Eye Jack are 8 to 9. The soft rays are approximately 20 - 22 located on the small body of the Horse-Eye jack. There are a few anal spines and about 17 soft anal rays. The pectoral fins are free of spots or marks and have a remarkably well constructed shape. Their bone plates are blackish or sometimes even stone grey. The caudal fin on the body of the Horse-Eye jack is yellow in color. Younger Horse-Eye jacks are brighter in color and have large, very dark stripes on the body. The shape of Horse-Eye jack is similar to that of other fish in the Carangidae family, but the main difference is the shape of their heads. The head of the horse's eye whistle is clearer and more pronounced than that of other fish in the same family. The Horse-Eye jack fins are darker in color and some of them even have black fins. The Horse-Eye fish is known as the big-eyed fish, mainly because of its prominent and prominent eyes that are located at the front and center of the fish's head.

Fishing period : All year

Minimum size : no restriction

Difficulty :

N°9 | The Banded Rudderfish

The Banded Rudderfish belongs to the Carangidae family. Their adult size is 50 cm for 2 kg. They can live for 17 years. They can be fished all year. The banded rudderfish is similar in appearance to the other amberjack fishes, but smaller than most others. It has a relatively thin but deep body with a forked boomerang tail. This semi-profiled shape indicates that it is a fast swimmer. The body is light in color with a slight amber or gold band on the sides, extending from eye to tail. Younger banded rudderfish have six black bars on their bodies and a black band that extends from the eye to the first dorsal fin; they retain this pattern strongly until they reach 27 to 35 cm long, when the stripes begin to fade. The larger fish have no bars; they are generally brownish or greenish, with the dorsal side darker than the belly. This species can be distinguished from other amberjacks in several ways. Other young amberjacks have a striped pattern similar to the young banded rudderfish, but the latter begin to lose their pattern when they are several centimeters taller than those of other young amberjacks. Moreover, unlike other amberjacks, the banded saffron is white at the end of its tail. Eight spines in its first dorsal fin and 34 & 39 rays in its second dorsal fin are characteristic of banded fish, while other amberjacks generally have less than 34 rays in their second dorsal fins. The young banded rudderfish also closely resembles the pilot fish. However, the other amberjack

Fishing period : All year

Minimum size : no restriction

Difficulty :

N°10 | The Florida Pompano

The Florida Pompano belongs to the Carangidae Family. They weigh less than 1.4 kg and are less than 43 cm long, although the largest individuals weigh between 3.6 and 4.1 kg and reach lengths of up to 66 cm. They have an average life span of 4 years. They breed from March to September. They are abundant and can be fished from October to January. Florida Pompano has an extended, oblong and flattened body with similar upper and lower profiles. They are generally silvery and turn ventrally yellow without any distinctive marks. Their fins are yellow except for their dorsal fin, which is dark. Their head has a very rounded and extensible snout. Their mouth reaches the eyes and has small conical teeth that disappear in large fish. Their anal fin has 2 detached spines, followed by a spine and 20 to 24 rays; their caudal fin has a fine base and is deeply forked; their dorsal fin has 6 strong and short spines and 22 to 27 rays; and, their pectoral fins are short. Their anal fin and soft dorsal fin have similar bases with raised but not very elongated frontal lobes. They have 5 to 7 gills on the upper part of the arch and 8 to 14 gills on the lower part of the arch. Their lateral line is straight and has no scutes. Their bodies are covered with oval scales.

Fishing period : October to January

Minimum size : 27 cm

Difficulty :

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