Blue Runner?

[CostaRafiki]

I was living outside of Paquera, CR for a while, spending all my free time trolling for Rooster. I have had great success with free-lining live bait out near the rocks. But my question is, what is this baitfish? You can catch them with ease off any structure with fish scraps and a small hook, and the Rooster love them (maybe not as much as lisa).

They look exactly like Blue Runner, which I saw all the time growing up in the Atlantic, but from the sources I have checked state they're not found in the Pacific? Maybe a Pacific species? The locals call them Bonita, which doesn't make sense to me.

Anyways, any one know?

[SkinnyWaters]

Looks like hardtails to me. That's what we call blue runners around here. Could be some slightly different jack species, but it's hard to tell...

[pdpfishinglodge]

Coheenuha, Blue Runner, Green Jack, Hard Tail, Tuna Candy.....whatever! They are all one in the same. Great bait for everything here in Panama as well!