. The food and game fishes of New York: . ORK. 43. Hickory Shad domololiis incdiocris Mitchill). Clupca mcdiocris Jordan & Cilbekt, lUill. .6, U. S. Nat. Mus., 266, 1S83 ; Bean, 19th Rt-pt. N. V. Conim. Fish., separate, 43, pi. XXV, fig. 34, mattowaca DeKay, N. V. Fauna, Fishes, 260, pL 40, fig. 127, 1842. This species is referred to by Dr. Mitchill as the Staten Island Herring, Clupcamediocrh, \vhich, he says, gro^vs very large for a herring, being frequently 18 incheslong and almost as big as a small shad. It has• six or eight brown spots, longi-tudinally, belou- the lateral line,
. The food and game fishes of New York: . ORK. 43. Hickory Shad domololiis incdiocris Mitchill). Clupca mcdiocris Jordan & Cilbekt, lUill. .6, U. S. Nat. Mus., 266, 1S83 ; Bean, 19th Rt-pt. N. V. Conim. Fish., separate, 43, pi. XXV, fig. 34, mattowaca DeKay, N. V. Fauna, Fishes, 260, pL 40, fig. 127, 1842. This species is referred to by Dr. Mitchill as the Staten Island Herring, Clupcamediocrh, \vhich, he says, gro^vs very large for a herring, being frequently 18 incheslong and almost as big as a small shad. It has• six or eight brown spots, longi-tudinally, belou- the lateral line, as reported by an inhabitant of that part of thebay of NcNY York which borders on Staten Island. Mitchill also has the samespecies under the name of Long Island Herring, Clupca mattoi.^aca. This, hesays, is also called the Autumnal or Fall Herring, as well as Shad Herring andFall Shad. Mitchill recognized it as probably the full grown fish of the C. mcdi-ocris. He was not able to distinguish it from that species. The length of the. HICKORY SHAD. Green Back, according to this writer, frequently reaches 2 feet, with a depth offrom 4^ to 6 inches. At the time of this writing the fish was taken in Octoberand November in seines on the surf side of the beaches fronting Long DeKay mentions examples in the market early in Jul)-, which are brought fromthe Connecticut River, where they are called Weesick. He states that the specificname bestowed on it by ^litchill was derived from the aboriginal name of the island,Mattowaca or Mattowax. In Great South Bay the name Green Back is well estab-lished for the species. A single example was seined, September 29, at Fire I, 1890, considerable numbers of large Green Backs were caught in a trapat Islip. The Hickory Shad is caught in Gravesend Bay during September. Octoberand November, but is less plentiful than it was formerly. Large Hickory Shadweighing from V. pound to 2^ pounds were shipped from waters near New YorkC
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