. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 322 FISHES OP NOKTH CAROLINA. in lateral series 55; dorsal rays xi+ i,24 (or 25): anal rays i,7; lower caudal lobe longer than upper. Color: silvery gray, with obscure dusky bars on back and sides; a dark bar at nape; pectoral fins yellow, with dusky tip. This is a common species from Chesapeake Bay to Texas on sandy shores, and is the principal member of the genus at Beaufort and other points on the North CaroHna coast. The prevailing local name is "sea mink," but "whiting" is also in use, and of late the name "king-fish"
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 322 FISHES OP NOKTH CAROLINA. in lateral series 55; dorsal rays xi+ i,24 (or 25): anal rays i,7; lower caudal lobe longer than upper. Color: silvery gray, with obscure dusky bars on back and sides; a dark bar at nape; pectoral fins yellow, with dusky tip. This is a common species from Chesapeake Bay to Texas on sandy shores, and is the principal member of the genus at Beaufort and other points on the North CaroHna coast. The prevailing local name is "sea mink," but "whiting" is also in use, and of late the name "king-fish" has come into vogue through trans- fer from the New York market. Another name that is quite local is "Virginia mullet", which is heard from Beaufort to Wilmington. About Roanoke Island, where this fish is known as "king-fish", "sea mullet", and "round-head", it is abundant and bites freely at the hook from May to Sep- tember; the average weight of line-caught fish in that section is reported to be pounds, but some fish are said to weigh 3 pounds. In Pamlico Sound, during the winter of 1901-2, 2 kingfishes each 7 inches long, and laterally connected so as to constitute twins, were caught with hook and line by Joseph H. Kemp, of Baltimore, Fig. 144. King-fish; Caholina Whiting. Mentidrrhus americanus. In the Cape Lookout fisheries, the "sea mullet" is common; it there usually runs .5 pound, but examples weighing 1 pound or more are often taken. Accord- ing to Mr. W. H. Yopp, this fish is supplied to the Wilmington market from July to December, being known there as "Virginia mullet"; it weighs from .5 pound to pounds, and brings the fishermen cents a pound on an average. In the Beaufort region the laboratory seines take this species everywhere, but not in great numbers at any one time, and no large specimens have been obtained in this way. The species is most abundant in spring, but is also present
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