Flagfin mojarra has a dark marking on the dorsal fin with a white stripe just below the dark marking. |
I assumed they were farm fish, but Gorinsky, a friend and local fishing guide who has cast a line for everything from 6-inch mojarra to 300-pound marlin, assured me otherwise. |
Of the fish is that is caught or raised, most is carp, followed by mojarra. |
Striped mojarra live in shallow coastal waters and occasionally travel quite a distance into freshwater. |
The men reminisced about hearing the bell while night-fishing for mojarra and boneless quishele to sell in the market. |
The second was the mojarra, a whole tilapia, which arrived nicely scored and fried but was overcooked, and had a moldy aroma and flavor that rendered it inedible. |