Unknown fish caught in the Naragansett Bay

[piemma]

Originally Posted by RIfoosball

This past weekend, in Narragansett Bay, we caught a fish the size of a pogie, but it wasn't.

It had a greenish, flourescent hue to it and very pronounced black stripes every inch or so running from top to bottom along the entire length of its body. It was not a scaly fish at all, but rather smooth.

We asked several fisherman who have been fishing the bay for several decades and none had seen anything like it. They ran in schools and devoured the offered scup bait.

Someone mentioned having heard that there had been some tropical fish around.

Anyone know?

I tellin ya, Clammer would know

[RIfoosball]

It was about 9" long and it appeared that the entire school we saw were about the same size. It was actually a really nice fish to look at with the green hues and the bold black stripes.

I've looked on line and haven't found anything yet.

[BAITfishing]

Pilot Fish