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Freshwater Game Fish World Records Line Cla
(Cuvier 1829); OSTEOGLOSSIDAE FAMILY; also known
(Linneaus, 1758); CYPRINDAE FAMILY. Asp are
(Linnaeus, 1758); CYPRINIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Bloch, 1792); LATIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Steindachner, 1866); PERCICTHYIDAE FAMILY; a
(Lacepede, 1802); CENTRARCHIDAE FAMILY; also call
1802; CENTRARCHIDAE FAMILY; also call black bass.
(Rafinesque, 1819); CENTRARCHIDAE FAMILY; als
(Walbaum, 1792); MORONIDAE FAMILY; also called st
MORONIDAE FAMILY; also called sunshine bass (Flor
Linnaeus, 1766; AMIIDAE FAMILY; also called mudfi
(Valenciennes, 1844); CATOSTOMIDAE FAMILY. Found
(Rafinesque, 1818); CATOSTOMIDAE FAMILY; also
Linnaeus, 1758; CYPRINIDAE FAMILY; also called ca
(Valenciennes, 1844); CYPRINIDAE FAMILY; also
(Lesueur, 1840); ICTALURIDAE FAMILY; also known a
(Rafinesque, 1818); ICTALURIDAE FAMILY. The chann
(Rafinesque, 1818); ICTALURIDAE FAMILY. Native to
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801); PIMELODIDAE FAMILY; al
(Burchell 1822); CLARIIDAE FAMILY; also called No
(Linnaeus, 1758); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY. Known to occu
(Cuvier, 1816) (syn. S. maxillosus); CHARACIDAE F
Lacepede, 1803; LEPISOSTEIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Linnaeus, 1758); LEPISOSTEIDAE FAMILY. The longn
(Linnaeus, 1758); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Pallas, 1776); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called Am
(Linnaeus, 1758); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called
Guldenstadt, 1772); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also
(Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called s
Mitchill, 1824; ESOCIDAE FAMILY; also called
ESOCIDAE FAMILY. The tiger musky is a hybrid prod
(Günther 1864); CICHLIDAE FAMILY; also known as y
(Cuvier 1819); CYNODONTIDAE FAMILY; also called p
Ogilvie, 1966; CICHLIDAE FAMILY; also known as pa
Bloch & Schneider, 1801; CICHLIDAE FAMILY; also k
(Humboldt, 1821); CICHLIDAE FAMILY; also called p
Humbolt, 1821; CICHLIDAE FAMILY; also known as pa
Valenciennes 1847; CLUPEIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Linneaus, 1758); CENTROPOMIDAE FAMILY; also call
(Linnaeus, 1758); ESOCIDAE FAMILY; also call
Linnaeus, 1758; SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called la
Linnaeus, 1758; SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called la
(Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also cal
(Walbaum, 1792), SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called d
(Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called s
(Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also cal
(Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called s
CHANNIDAE FAMILY; also called Channa micrope
(Macleay, 1882); LUTJANIDAE FAMILY; also called N
(Spix & Agassiz 1829); (Linnaeus 1766); (Valencie
(16 species); / Scaphirhynchus spp. (2 spec
(Pallas, 1773); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called ta
(Cuvier, 1818); CHARACIDAE FAMILY; also known as
(Castelnau, 1861) CHARACIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Boulenger, 1898) CHARACIDAE FAMILY; also called
ERYTHRINIDAE FAMILY; also called anyumara, p
(Mitchill, 1814); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called
Linnaeus, 1758; SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also call
(Suckley, 1858); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called w
(Richardson, 1836); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also calle
(Jordan, 1893); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called Ke
(Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called m
(Walbaum, 1792); SALMONIDAE FAMILY; also called s
SALMONIDAE FAMILY. This is a cross between a fema
(Mitchell, 1818); PERCIDAE FAMILY; also call
Linnaeus, 1758: SILURIDAE FAMILY; also known as w
(Linnaeus 1758); PERCIDAE FAMILY; also called pik
Saltwater Game Fish World Records Line Clas
(Bonnaterre, 1788); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also calle
(Risso, 1810); CARANGIDAE FAMILY Found in the Ind
(Walbaum, 1792); SPHYRAENIDAE FAMILY; also called
Peters, 1844; SPHYRAENIDAE FAMILY; also called Gu
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882); SPHYRAENIDAE FAMILY. Me
(Linnaeus, 1758); MORONIDAE FAMILY; also called E
Ayres, 1859; POLYPRIONIDAE FAMILY; also called Ca
(Girard, 1854); SERRANIDAE FAMILY; also called ca
(Walbaum, 1792); MORONIDAE FAMILY; also called st
(Linnaeus, 1766); POMATOMIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Linnaeus, 1758); ALBULIDAE FAMILY; also called b
(Linnaeus, 1758); ALBULIDAE FAMILY; also called b
(Bloch, 1793); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called com
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1844); striped bonito / Sar
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1845); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; a
(Linnaeus, 1766); RACHYCENTRIDAE FAMILY; also cal
Linnaeus, 1758; GADIDAE FAMILY; also called codfi
Tilesius, 1810; GADIDAE FAMILY; also called cod,
([Artedi, 1738] Linnaeus, 1758); CONGRIDAE FAMILY
(Girard 1854); SCIAENIDAE FAMILY; also called Cal
(Linnaeus, 1758); SPARIDAE FAMILY; also called de
Linnaeus, 1758; CORYPHAENIDAE FAMILY; also c
(Linnaeus, 1766); SCIAENIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Linnaeus, 1766); SCIAENIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Linnaeus, 1766); BOTHIDAE FAMILY; also called fl
(Poey, 1860); SERRANIDAE FAMILY; also called blac
(Jordan, 1888); SERRANIDAE FAMILY. Broomtail grou
(Goode & Bean 1879); SERRANIDAE FAMILY; also call
(Lichtenstein, 1822); SERRANIDAE FAMILY; also cal
(Valenciennes, 1828); SERRANIDAE FAMILY; also cal
(Linnaeus, 1758); PLEURONECTIDAE FAMILY; also
(Ayres, 1859); BOTHIDAE FAMILY; also called chick
Schmidt, 1904; PLEURONECTIDAE FAMILY; also called
CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also called bonito, horse eye
(Linnaeus, 1766); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also called
Agassiz, 1831; CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also called gog
Gunther, 1868; CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also calle
(Forster, 1801) and / Arripis truttacea (Cuvier,
(Cantor, 1849); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called wa
ELOPIDAE FAMILY; some of the numerous common name
(Linnaeus, 1758); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also known a
Girard, 1854; HEXAGRAMMIDAE FAMILY; also called l
(Bloch, 1793); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called cer
(Cuvier, 1829); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also call
(Lacepede, 1800); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called
Jordan & Starks 1895; SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also cal
(Mitchill, 1815); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY. Occurs in th
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843); SPARIDAE FAMILY; als
(Cuvier, 1831); ISTIOPHORIDAE FAMILY; also called
Lacepede, 1802; ISTIOPHORIDAE FAMILY. This pelagi
Lacepede, 1802; ISTIOPHORIDAE FAMILY. This pelagi
(Philippi, 1887); ISTIOPHORIDAE FAMILY; also call
Poey, 1861; ISTIOPHORIDAE FAMILY; also called spi
SCIAENIDAE FAMILY; also called kob, river kingfis
NEW (Forsskål, 1775); CHANIDAE FAMILY; also cal
(Linnaeus, 1758); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also ca
(Linnaeus, 1758); GADIDAE FAMILY; also called bil
(Linnaeus, 1758): GADIDAE FAMILY; also called coa
(Bloch, 1787); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also called Cub
NEW (Lacepède, 1801); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also
Lacepede, 1802; and / Scomberoides lysan (F
(Jordan & Gilbert 1883); SCORPAENIDAE (SEBASTIDAE
Gill, 1862; NEMATISTIIDAE FAMILY. Occurs in the e
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also c
(Shaw & Nodder, 1791); ISTIOPHORIDAE FAMILY; also
(Shaw & Nodder, 1791); ISTIOPHORIDAE FAMILY; also
(Günther, 1876); CARANGIDAE FAMILY. Endemic
Katayama, 1957; LATEOLABRACIDAE FAMILY. The black
(Cuvier, 1828); LATEOLABRACIDAE FAMILY. Endem
(Ayres, 1860); SCIAENIDAE FAMILY; also calle
(Linnaeus, 1758); SPARIDAE FAMILY Gilthead seabre
(Cuvier, 1830); SCIAENIDAE FAMILY; also call
(Muller & Henle, 1839); CARCHARHINIDAE FAMILY; al
(Linnaeus, 1758); CARCHARHINIDAE FAMILY; also cal
(Linnaeus, 1758); SPHYRNIDAE FAMILY; also ca
SPHYRNIDAE FAMILY; also called smooth or common h
Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) and Isurus p
(Bonnaterre, 1788); LAMNIDAE FAMILY; also ca
(Bonnaterre, 1788); / Alopias pelagicus Nakamura,
(Peron and Lesueur, 1822); CARCHARHINIDAE FAMILY;
(Linnaeus, 1758); TRIAKIDAE FAMILY; also called t
Includes 50 species; also known as requiem sharks
(Linnaeus, 1758); LAMNIDAE FAMILY; also called gr
Kishinouye, 1920; SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Bloch & Schneider) (formerly Chrysophrys auratus
Bleeker, 1863; LUTJANIDAE FAMILY; also calle
(Cuvier, 1828); LUTJANIDAE FAMILY; also called Cu
(Linnaeus, 1758); LUTJANIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Günther, 1864); LUTJANIDAE FAMILY; also called p
(Cuvier, 1828); LUTJANIDAE FAMILY. It is one of t
Gill, 1863; LUTJANIDAE FAMILY; also called black
(Poey 1860); LUTJANIDAE FAMILY; also called north
(Bloch, 1791); LUTJANIDAE FAMILY; also known as y
CENTROPOMIDAE FAMILY, C. undecimalis (Bloch, 1792
CENTROPOMIDAE FAMILY, C. undecimalis (Bloch, 1792
Includes: longbill spearfish, Tetrapturus pfl
ISTIOPHORIDAE FAMILY; The shortbill spearfish is
Linnaeus, 1758; XIPHIIDAE FAMILY; also called bro
Valenciennes, 1846; MEGALOPIDAE FAMILY; also call
(Linnaeus, 1758); LABRIDAE FAMILY; also called bl
(Cuvier, 1829); POLYNEMIDAE FAMILY; also called b
(Macleay); POLYNEMIDAE FAMILY; also known as thre
Quoy & Gaimard, 1825; CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also cal
Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833; CARANGIDAE FAMILY; a
(Forsskal, 1775); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Forsscål, 1775); CARANGIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Bloch, 1790); LOBOTIDAE FAMILY; also called buoy
(Lowe, 1836); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY. Found in warm te
(Lowe, 1836); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY. Found in warm te
(Lesson, 1830); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called Be
(Linnaeus, 1758); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Ruppell, 1836); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called s
(Bleeker, 1851); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called n
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1844); SCOMBRIDAE FAMI
(Linnaeus, 1758); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Castelnau, 1872); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called
(Bonnaterre, 1788); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also
(Rafinesque, 1810); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also calle
(Cuvier, 1832); SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY; also called Oa
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801); SCIAENIDAE FAMILY; als
(Gill, 1863); CARANGIDAE FAMILY. Occurs in some a
Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833; CARANGIDAE FAMILY; a
All-TackleWorld Records 319 - 363
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Trophy Fish Clubs Trophy Fish Clubs Th
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