. Fishes. Fishes. The Bass and their Relatives 549 banded, spotted, or streaked. In deeper water bright-red spe- cies are found. One of these, Lutianus aya, the red snapper or pargo guachinango of the Gulf of Mexico, is, economically speaking, the most important of all these fishes in the United States. It is a large, rather coarse fish, bright red in color, and it is taken on long Hues on rocky reefs chiefly about Pen- sacola and Tampa in Florida, although similar fisheries exist on the shores of Yucatan and Brazil. A related species is the Lutianus analis, the mutton snapper or pargo criollo
. Fishes. Fishes. The Bass and their Relatives 549 banded, spotted, or streaked. In deeper water bright-red spe- cies are found. One of these, Lutianus aya, the red snapper or pargo guachinango of the Gulf of Mexico, is, economically speaking, the most important of all these fishes in the United States. It is a large, rather coarse fish, bright red in color, and it is taken on long Hues on rocky reefs chiefly about Pen- sacola and Tampa in Florida, although similar fisheries exist on the shores of Yucatan and Brazil. A related species is the Lutianus analis, the mutton snapper or pargo criollo of the West Indies. This is one of the staple. Fig. 4b8.—Lutianus apodus (Walbaum), Schoolmaster or Caji. Family Lutianidce. fishes of the Havana market, always in demand for banquets and festivals, because its flesh is never unwholesome. The mangrove snapper, or gray-snapper, Lutianus griseus, called in Cuba, Caballerote, is the commonest species on our coasts. The common name arises from the fact that the young hide in the mangrove bushes of Florida and Cuba, whence they sally out in pursuit of sardines and other small fishes. It is a very wary fish, to be sought with care, hence the name "lawyer," sometimes heard in Florida. The cubero {Ltitiamis cyanop- terus) is a very large snapper, often rejected as tmwholesome, being said to cause the disease known as ciguatera. Certain snappers in Polynesia have a similar reputation. The large red mumea, Lutianus bohar, is regarded as always poisonous in Samoa—the most dangerous fish of the islands. L. leioglossus is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
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