. The American angler's book: embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them. With instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making; and directions for fish-breeding. To which is appended, Dies piscatoriae: describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. Illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 286 AMERICAN ANGLER'S THE BARB OR KINGFISH. Umbrina nebulosa: Stoker. There are two species of Barb or Whiting described by Dr. Holbrook, with various synonyms to each; the specific name of the northern species, how
. The American angler's book: embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them. With instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making; and directions for fish-breeding. To which is appended, Dies piscatoriae: describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. Illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 286 AMERICAN ANGLER'S THE BARB OR KINGFISH. Umbrina nebulosa: Stoker. There are two species of Barb or Whiting described by Dr. Holbrook, with various synonyms to each; the specific name of the northern species, however, signifying cloudy, adopted by Storer, in his report on the fishes of Massachu- setts, will strike the angler as the most appropriate for the animal figured above. Umbrina littoralis, described by Dr. Holbrook, is peculiar to the waters of the South Carolina coast, and said to be seldom taken with the hook. It is entirely white and silvery, without the clouded markings of the northern species. The fish he describes as Umbrina alhurnus, is identical with the animal pictured above; both species are called Whiting at Charleston. This fish (Umhrirva nebulosa) has a body elongated and taper- ing, the section nearly sub-triangular; back gracefully arched; belly nearly staight; color gray, with purplish reflections. There are six or more oblique bars over the back and sides; belly clouded white; head small; moiith small, and beneath;. 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 Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Philadelphia, E. H. Butler
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