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False Albacore

This is one of my husbands favorites to fish for.

False albacore vary in color from steel blue to a bluish/green on their upper sides, quickly becoming pale silver/white on their sides and underbelly. They are easily distinguished by also having wavy markings on their back above the lateral line and by having three to five very distinct black dots going from their pectoral fin to the mid-section of their body. A member of the tuna family, it is a heavy-bodied fish, shaped like a torpedo, with a slender and deeply forked tailfin. The teeth are small and conical. Like the other tunas, false albacore have no swimbladder and therefore must remain moving from the moment they're born or they will die.

acrylics on gesso board

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Sandra S. Corona 09 May 2013

Bravo!

mark ross 25 Oct 2012

beautiful work !

Caballero Salguero 03 Mar 2012

Marvelous False Albacore Renata,lovely details,very well done. great artwork and true fish on luminous photograph.Wonderful. Pepe!

Anonymous Guest 31 Jan 2012

Very nice job on this fish!!

Elizabeth Janus 28 Sep 2011

What a beauty ... as usual very good job ..in my eyes you shine Lady ...