Blackwing Searobin
Prionotus rubio
Also called Sea robin.
How to tell it
Searobin with dark, near-black pectoral fins edged in pale; offshore sand.
- Not a bighead searobin? That one blotched pectorals, bigger head. (Bighead Searobin)
Rules for
Every state
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Not specifically regulated in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (Atlantic), Florida (Gulf), Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia: each state’s rule for unlisted species applies there (on its page).
On the table
Edible.
In the app
Point the camera at a blackwing searobin and the name appears before you take the picture, with these rules for the water you’re standing in. No signal needed, and every catch goes in the log.
Get the appQuestions anglers ask about blackwing searobin
How do you tell blackwing searobin from bighead searobin?
Blackwing Searobin has this: Searobin with dark, near-black pectoral fins edged in pale; offshore sand.. Bighead Searobin blotched pectorals, bigger head.