The food and game fishes of New York: . it is valuable for food, and in many places is considered superior toSheepshead ; this is especially so in the St. Johns River. The eggs are described as j)ale blue in color and as large as mustard takes place in the Gulf of Mexico in winter or spring. The colors of thefish are very beautiful, the sides being ornamented with golden stripes on a pearlywhite ground and having numerous dark \-crtical bands. 120. Sheepshead {Arrf/osur^i^/ts probatoccplialus Walbaum). Spams oris Mrrcuii.!., Trans, l^it. & Phil. Soc. N. V., I, 392, pi. 2, fig. 5,
The food and game fishes of New York: . it is valuable for food, and in many places is considered superior toSheepshead ; this is especially so in the St. Johns River. The eggs are described as j)ale blue in color and as large as mustard takes place in the Gulf of Mexico in winter or spring. The colors of thefish are very beautiful, the sides being ornamented with golden stripes on a pearlywhite ground and having numerous dark \-crtical bands. 120. Sheepshead {Arrf/osur^i^/ts probatoccplialus Walbaum). Spams oris Mrrcuii.!., Trans, l^it. & Phil. Soc. N. V., I, 392, pi. 2, fig. 5, 1815, New oris DkKav, N. \. Fauna, Fishes, 89, pi. 8, fig. 23, probatoccplialus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. C, VII, 142, ]il. Ill, fig. 10,1888, Somers Point, N. J., young; 19th Ropt. Comm. Fish. N. V,, 262, pi. XV, fig. 19, 1890; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, 366, 1897; H. M. Smith, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1897, loi, 189S; Jordan & , Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1361, 1898, pi. CCXVI, fig. 554, SHKKISIIKAI Grayish, with about eight vertical black bands, which are about as broad as theinterspaces; dorsal dusky ; ventral and anal black : base of pectoral dusky ; the darkbands arc most distinct in the }-oung. The Sheepshead ranges along the coast from Cape Cod to Texas ; it is very rareas far north as Woods Hole, Mass., but in southern waters it is still abundant. Thespecies reaches a length of 30 inches and the weight of 20 pounds; it is one of themost valuable of our food fishes and is highly prized for its game ipialities. THE FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 423 In August, 18S7, tlic Sheepsliead was known to have bred in Great Egg HarborBay, N. J., where about 20 young individuals, measuring from i inch to i ^ inches,were seined between August 10 and September g. Adults at that time were presentin the bay, but they were scarce. The bottom was covered with algae and conven-ient hiding places were found under the sod banks. The fish is very un
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