. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. CORIUA MOOXFISJI AXD J'J. AS HER. 149 occasionally taken in the lower part of the Chesapeake ]5ay. and Prof. Baird obtained specimens al)OUt three iiK lies loni^ in August among the eel-grass on Tuckahoe River, in New Jersey. Stragglers have been taken at New York, and even as far north as Wood's Hall, Mass. 'The)- are occasionally brought to the New \'ork market, where they are highly- esteemed,
. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. CORIUA MOOXFISJI AXD J'J. AS HER. 149 occasionally taken in the lower part of the Chesapeake ]5ay. and Prof. Baird obtained specimens al)OUt three iiK lies loni^ in August among the eel-grass on Tuckahoe River, in New Jersey. Stragglers have been taken at New York, and even as far north as Wood's Hall, Mass. 'The)- are occasionally brought to the New \'ork market, where they are highly- esteemed, ("lill, writing in 1S56, said: '• I saw a single spec imen of this species in Fulton market last year, which remained exposed on tlie stall from August 30 to September 6. It did not seem to be known. It was about fifteen inches in length, and one dollar was ilemanded for ; l)e\'oe saw one in Catherine market, in August, taken in a net on the Long Island coast, near I'latlands. He speaks of its excellence as a fish for boiling, comparing it to the Sheepshead. \\\ the fishermen of St. John's River. I' it is considereil one of the finest food-fishes, and its large silver scales command a high ])rice at the fancy shops, where they are sold to be used in the manufacture of scale 'I'llK The Ravallia or Snook, Ccntropoimis iiiiih'cimalis, is a fish •which has only recently been added to the fauna of the United States. It occurs only along the (iulf coast, where it is known by the Spanish name, *'Robalo," with such variations as " Ravaljo," " Ravallie " and ''; It ranges from Florida to Rio Janeiro, and occurs in the Pacific from the Gulf of California at least to Callao. The " Robalo " of Chili is (piite another fish, the Pingiiipcs cJiilciisis, of Cuvier, A closely allied species, Cciitropumus robalcto, is the " Constantine " or " Robaleto " of the Mazatlan fishermen.
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