Albula vulpes
Banana fish, Phantom, Silver ghost
The Bonefish is silvery in color with a bluish or greenish back. It has a slender, round body; long snout, and is conical. It also has dark streaks between scales on upper half of body and faint crossbands extending down to lateral line; extremities of dorsal and caudal fins are shaded with black.
The Bonefish uses its snout to dig up its prey which consist of crustaceans, mollusks, worms, and other smaller fish.
Although western Atlantic bonefish are occasionally taken as far north as North Carolina, New York, and New Brunswick, this species is most plentiful in south Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. To the south, they range throughout the Caribbean Sea to Brazil. On the eastern Pacific coast, the bonefish occurs from San Francisco Bay, California, south to Peru and west to Hawaii.
They are found in shallows often less than 1 foot deep, usually over lush grass flats, occasionally over white sand.
Bonefish will grow to an average of 13-14 pounds and just under 3 feet in length.
19 pounds, 0 ounces (IGFA)