. Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York . 0, 1900, at Woods Hole. The Red Snapper grows to the length of 30 inches. It is especially abundant inthe Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is taken in great numbers off Pensa-cola and Key West. Family HJEMULIDJE. Grunters. 162. Pigfish ; Hogfish (Orthopristis chrysoptcrns Linnaeus). The Pigfish inhabits the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United extends northward to Long Island and south to the mouth of the Rio is very abundant on sandy shores. Mitchill described this fish as th
. Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York . 0, 1900, at Woods Hole. The Red Snapper grows to the length of 30 inches. It is especially abundant inthe Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is taken in great numbers off Pensa-cola and Key West. Family HJEMULIDJE. Grunters. 162. Pigfish ; Hogfish (Orthopristis chrysoptcrns Linnaeus). The Pigfish inhabits the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United extends northward to Long Island and south to the mouth of the Rio is very abundant on sandy shores. Mitchill described this fish as the Speckled Grunt ; DeKay has it under the nameof the Speckled Red Mouth. He says it is a rare fish, but occasionally appearingin New York Harbor in considerable numbers. It is a very savory food. Several examples were taken in Gravesend Bay, October 24, 1894. In Great Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey, the young are abundant in August andSeptember ; many of them were taken in 1897, and a figure will be found in Bul-letin United States Fish Commission, volume VII, plate III, figure
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