On Sun, 26 May 2013 15:37:45 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Sat, 25 May 2013 20:56:21 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

http://oi43.tinypic.com/j7eul1.jpg

We made an all night run yesterday from the Dominican Republic to the
Turks and Caicos islands, about 255 nautical miles. Shortly after
sunrise this morning I caught this fish in deep water just south of
the T&C. It appears to be of the tuna family but I'm not sure. I
was able to get about 6 or 7 decent steaks out of it, and the meat is
very red. We grilled up a couple for dinner tonight and they are
certainly quite edible, but not quite as good as I'd hoped. Perhaps a
different preparation is called for. Any ideas?

Looks like one of these:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sustainablesushi.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/smackerel.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sustainablesushi.net/the-fish/sawara/&h=900&w=2400&sz=178&tbnid=2MNhVawADJ8YCM:&tbnh=44 &tbnw=118&zoom=1&usg=__LGrKgT0-fTQOfzv83-JCk-2aMCk=&docid=k775M2I4vs23eM&sa=X&ei=12OiUdvOEcHD0Q GI84HACQ&ved=0CEYQ9QEwAg&dur=1242

or: http://tinyurl.com/pe7b4y2

But, I'm no ornithologist (or whatever)!

John H.

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That's close except for the stripes and a few other minor details.
I've seen mackerel and they tend to be longer and leaner than fish in
the tuna family, which more closely resemble a football. I think
Eisboch nailed it.

BTW, ornithologists are for the birds. What you probably meant was an
ickyologist, errr, ichthyologist, but you knew that, right?