The mangrove snapper Lutjanus griseus is a common inshore and reef snapper in Southeast  Florida. The mangrove is a smart and wary fish, difficult to catch. Other names are grey snapper, pargo, mango (like the local fruit, and tastes delicous baked with)  and is probably a corruption of 'mangrove', or just snapper by shorebound fishermen who are unlikely to catch any of the other common local snappers when fishing from shore. 
     Grey in other parts of its range, the mangrove snapper's colour may range through various shades of reddish-brown with darker stripes, but near mangrove swamps, whose waters are stained with pigments from the trees, mostly tannins, this snapper assumes a deep reddish bronze like a well aged shiney uncirculated US Lincoln copper cent. The large amount of shrimp in the diet may also influence its pigmentation. 
    The mangrove snapper shares the local waters with many other snapper species. The closest resembling the mangrove is the schoolmaster snapper Lutjanus apodes , but there's also dog snapper L. jocu, lane snapper L. cyanopteris,  red snapper  L. campechanus, mahogony snapper L. mahongoni,  mutton snapper L. analis, yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chryssurus,  vermillion snapper Rhomboplites aurrorubens,  or the occasional silk snapper L. vivanus, or blackfin snapper L. buccanella. That's one thing I enjoy about my fishing world -variety. 
 

     Kingfish, Scomberomorus cavalla, King mackerel , King, serrucho (Sp. saw) 

     The Kingfish is the largest of the South Florida mackerels; 90 pound (40.82 kg) fish have been caught locally. It has a blistering first run when first hooked, the bigger, the better. The larger kings can pull off line so fast it heats the reel and it starts smoking. Also large ones are good canditates for the smoking grill. (But recently the CDC issued an advisory agains eating larger king mackerel due to accumulation of mercury.) Only the wahoo and black fin and yellow fin tunas have given me a more impressive run, pound for pound. The king has a metallic silver sides and blue-black back with a creamy white belly. The sharp dip in the lateral line system on the side of the fish, and larger eyes, are diagnostic  when comparing young king and spanish mackerel. The young king has yellow spots which are lost with maturity, which makes them easily confused. 
     The squiggle backed common mackerel Scomber scombrus, the yellow spotted spanish mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus, and the less common yellow-brown spots and centrally streaked cero mackerel Scomberomorus regalis are commonly caught relatives.