
The next step is to drill in a screw or hammer in a nail and the bracket will easily hang on the nail or screw head. After removing this fish mount from the packaging, hold up the yellowtail snapper fish mount up on the wall where you would like it to be viewed and then mark the spot where the hanger is on the wall. Our easy to hang bracket arrives already attached to the backside of your new fish mount, on the balance point of replica. Yellowtail Snapper Mount Installation Process

We are proud to boast a less than 1% damage rate but should for any reason this fish mount arrive to you less that 100% perfect, please let us know right away and we will remedy the situation accordingly. Once your yellowtail snapper mount, our experience packaging team will carefully package the fish mount to ensure a safe journey from us to you. Yellowtail Snapper Replica Shipping Process The final step is to clear coat the Yellowtail Snapper replica with a UV Protectant Urethane clear coat. Without a picture our normal process is to paint a standard yellow and light blue body with a white belly and bright horizontal lines that run from behind the gill to the base of the tail. Utilizing your catch photo we can accurately replicate the same color patterns and distinct markings as well as any rips or shreds that may be present in the fins and tail of your fish.
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With all our full mounts we encourage our customers to send in a picture of their catch so we can paint and replicate to match that fish. Yellowtail Snapper Mount Painting Schedule They feed in schools and usually prefer to be around structures like coral reefs and wrecks. These fish are great tasting and can be cooked in many different ways. Yellowtail Snapper are commonly found in the Western Atlantic ocean throughout the Caribbean, South Florida and Southern Gulf of Mexico.
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This beautiful 24" Yellowtail Snapper full mount, which we call a two sided wall mount, is extremely realistic with the skin texture that was captured during the molding process. With their brilliantly yellow accents, both the yellow goatfish and yellowtail snapper create captivating and delightful additions to Key West snorkeling tours.CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE 24" Yellowtail Snapper Full Mount Snappers are most frequently nocturnal predators so it's not likely snorkelers will have a chance to see them forage for their usual dinner of smaller fish, crabs, worms and shrimp. Their dorsal fins are often more intensely colored and more prominent than the smaller goatfish.Ĭruising the sandy areas over Florida's reefs, snappers roam the ocean at about 30 feet but can travel as deeply as 230 feet. Growing as big as 30 inches long, the yellowtail snapper are twice the size of the yellow goatfish and can weigh as much as five pounds.

Their pale, iridescent bodies are enhanced with a vivid golden stripe stretching from eye to tail, and their deeply forked tails are beautifully golden. Interestingly, Yellowtail Snappers look enough like yellow goatfish to be their older, bigger brothers. This foraging activity reveals other fish and prey for bigger predators, including the Yellowtail Snapper. Reaching as long as 15 inches, the goatfish can stir up quite a bit of sand while hunting for smaller fish and benthic invertebrates, so be prepared for a cloud of dust while they are feeding. Watch closely to see them root through the sand with their barbels, long "whiskers" hanging from their chins, to detect and nab dinner. With golden tails and white or yellow fins, the goatfish roam Key West's reefs and sandy lagoon areas searching for food. Offering enchanting experiences for those snorkeling in Key West, the yellow goatfish are distinctive for their pale color and appealing golden stripe reaching from their eyes to their caudal fins. Darting through the reefs and seagrass of Key West's enticing turquoise waters are shimmering, golden-accented gems called the yellow goatfish.
