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The bluefish is a moderately proportioned fish, with a broad, forked tail.

The spiny first dorsal fin is normally folded back in a groove, as are its pectoral fins.

Coloration is a grayish blue-green dorsally, fading to white on the lower sides and belly.

Its single row of teeth in each jaw are uniform in size, knife-edged and sharp.

Bluefish commonly range in size from seven-inch ( 18-cm ) " snappers " to much larger, sometimes weighing as much as 40 pounds ( 18 kg ), though fish heavier than twenty pounds ( 9 kg ) are exceptional.