PermitCongratulations, you caught a Fish!
Permit(Trachinotus falcatus)
Description: color gray, dark or iridescent blue above, shading to silvery sides, in dark
waters showing golden tints around breast; small permit have teeth on tongue (none on
pompano); no scutes; dorsal fin insertion directly above that of the anal fin; 17 to 21
soft dorsal rays; 16 to 19 soft anal rays.
Found: OFFSHORE on wrecks and debris, INSHORE on grass flats, sand flats, and in channels;
most abundant in south Florida, with smaller specimens from every coastal county.
Size: common to 25 pounds.
