The food and game fishes of New York: . n September 9, 1893. 432 SEVENTH RErORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 127. King Fish; Whiting; Sea Mink {Mciilicirrkus saxatilis Bloch & SchnciderV Siicna iifbiiUmi , Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. X. Y., I, 408, pi. ;„ fig. 5, alhiiniiis , N. V. Fauna, Kishcs. 78, pi. 7, fig, 20, nebulosiis & (, 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 577, saxatilis V>^, 19th Rept. Comm. Fish. N. V., 259, pi. XII, fig. 16, saxatilis Jord. & , JUill. 47, U. S. Xat. Mus.
The food and game fishes of New York: . n September 9, 1893. 432 SEVENTH RErORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 127. King Fish; Whiting; Sea Mink {Mciilicirrkus saxatilis Bloch & SchnciderV Siicna iifbiiUmi , Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. X. Y., I, 408, pi. ;„ fig. 5, alhiiniiis , N. V. Fauna, Kishcs. 78, pi. 7, fig, 20, nebulosiis & (, 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 577, saxatilis V>^, 19th Rept. Comm. Fish. N. V., 259, pi. XII, fig. 16, saxatilis Jord. & , JUill. 47, U. S. Xat. Mus., I, 1475, 1898.^^t?llticirrIllls saxatilis , 52d Ann. Rept. N. Y. State Mus., 106, 1900. Color diLsky gray above, .sometimes blackish, the back and sides with distinctdark oblicjue cross-bands running downward and forward, the anterior one at thenape extending downward, meeting the second and thus forming a v-shapetl blotchon each side ; a dark lateral streak bounding the pale color of the belly, most dis-. ~~-»^:..^.Tii KINO FISH. tinct posteriorly, and extending on lower lobe of caudal ; inside of gill cavityscarcely dusky ; pectorals dark. The King f^sh, according to DeKay, was so named by the early English colonistsbecause of its excellent flavor. The name Hake is given to it in New Jersey andDelaware; in the Chesapeake it is sometimes called Black Mullet: in North Caro-lina, the Sea Mink; in tlie South it is the Whiting or Bermuda Whiting: on theConnecticut coast it is known as the Tomcod. The King f^.sh occurs northward to Cape Ann and south to the Gulf of individuals are not common as far north as Cape Cod, but the young maybe seen in moderate numbers in the summer months. They occur in abundancethroughout Great South Ba>-, and near the inlet their number is increased. Wehave collected them at the mouth of Swan Creek, in Blue Point Cove, at the BluePoint Life Saving Station, Oak Island and Fire Island. An individual was obtainedOctober 7th in the
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