The food and game fishes of New York: . Hound are names applied to large individuals found in the sea in New Englandwaters. One of the old names of the fish is Streaked Bass. Rock fish and Striped Bass, according to Schoepff (1787), are among the earlyNew York names for this highly prized species. Dr. Mitchill (1814) calls it MitchilTsPerch, Striped Basse and Rock fish. DeKay describes it as the Striped Sea Bass is another name in use in 1815, and a very interesting account of thefish under this name is published by Dr. James Mease in the first volume of theTransactions of the Li
The food and game fishes of New York: . Hound are names applied to large individuals found in the sea in New Englandwaters. One of the old names of the fish is Streaked Bass. Rock fish and Striped Bass, according to Schoepff (1787), are among the earlyNew York names for this highly prized species. Dr. Mitchill (1814) calls it MitchilTsPerch, Striped Basse and Rock fish. DeKay describes it as the Striped Sea Bass is another name in use in 1815, and a very interesting account of thefish under this name is published by Dr. James Mease in the first volume of theTransactions of the Literary andPliilosopliical Society of Nczu York. Dr. Mease in thisarticle states that Rock fish weighing from 25 pounds to 60 pounds are called Green-heads. At the time of his writing, the fishing ground for the Philadelphia and NewYork markets was between and Cranberry Inlet, an extent of aboutthirty miles, and the great places of winter resort were Motetecunk, 30 miles fromLong Branch, and the rivers of Elk and Egg BASS. The range of the Striped Bass or Rockfish includes the entire Atlantic coastfrom the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico, the fish entering rivers andascending them long distances. In the Alabama River this fish is known to betaken every year and some large individuals have been obtained from that been captured also in the lower Mississippi. It is very abundant in the greatbays and sounds from North Carolina to Cape Cod. In Albermarle Sound manylarge individuals are said to occur. In the St. Johns River, Florida, according toDr. Goode, the fish is rather rare. In the vicinity of Pensacola the late Silas Stearnsoccasionally obtained a specimen of the fish. The Striped Bass has been introduced into California and has now become fairlyacclimated there. In the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers this is one of the com-mon fishes and it is one of the most highly esteemed. This is a permanent resident of Gravesend Bay,
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