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Pompano or Permit? (Pic Included)

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My 10 year old nephew caught this pomp? Last night on a lit dock with live shrimp below a cajun thunder.

I can get more photos in the day light but it has some permit shapes with the color of a pomp?
 
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Whoops, I already got in trouble:whistling:. Fin alignment was leading me toward Permit.

Travhale, educate me too please!


Jibber, take a look at the fin alignment, a permits dorsal and anal fin will be very close to perpendicular to each other. On a pompano, this is not the case, as the anal fin will be more posterior to the dorsal fin. Also, the fin lengths of both the dorsal and anal fin can be good clues when trying to identify the fish. They are generally longer with a more pronounced backwards sweeping orientation on the permit. So, looking at this fish, I have to go with it being a permit.


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