Spanish Mackerel
Scomberomorous maculatus
The fish exhibits a green back; its sides are silvery marked with about three rows of round to elliptical gray spots. Lateral line gradually curving down from the upper end of the gill cover toward caudal peduncle. The first (spiny) dorsal fin is black at the front. Posterior membranes are white with a black edge. Its single row of cutting edged teeth in each jaw are large, uniform, closely spaced and flattened from side to side.