Fish Nomenclature
Jax Boat Club
904.477.9794
Total length
Fork length
Standard length
Head length
Snout length
Caudal peduncle
(where the body attaches to the tail)
Fin rays, spinous
(unsegmented) and soft (segmented)
First (spinous) dorsal fin
Second (soft) dorsal fin
Pectoral fin
Pelvic (ventral) fin
Anal fin
Finlet
Caudal (tail) fin
Lateral fin
Scutes (bone-like projections)
Opercle (gill cover)
Preopercle (cheek)
Interopercle
Adipose eyelid
Supramaxilla
(rear portion of upper jaw bone)
Premaxilla
(forward portion of upper jaw bone)