Cero

       
This is a Cero. Photo by Rod (full size picture)
taken at Horseshoe Reef, Key Largo, FL 12 March 2009. 

Scomberomorus regalis

Features: Cero is in the Mackerel Family. 1. Series of yellow-gold streaks along midline from pectoral fin to tail. Similar Spanish Mackerel (S. maculatus) has only spots.

Size: 18-36 inches; max 48 inches;
Depth: 0-60 feet;
Audubon Field Guide; page 649; plate 379;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed; page 56-57; plates 57;


Rod Bigelow
Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
< rodbigelow@netzero.net > 

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