. 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. â i â â V ' 1% â ' JJm' â¢*»â¢Â»â¦â¦ ⢠»« » ⢠⢠⦠⢠⢠» « â¢Â» ⢠⢠!'. .'..V,x\s% ^> *â ' v:. Tin; sTiiu'i;!) THE MULLETS. Still lio l\car(l the 1(m>iis Iniio cry I'liMii the stream, ami Id their rest I.^iii; trniips of iiirlews seaward (ly, At sunset to their sandy nest. Still JDViiiis fri>ni the sparklini; tide With silver siiles shall Mnllels Icip The e
. 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. â i â â V ' 1% â ' JJm' â¢*»â¢Â»â¦â¦ ⢠»« » ⢠⢠⦠⢠⢠» « â¢Â» ⢠⢠!'. .'..V,x\s% ^> *â ' v:. Tin; sTiiu'i;!) THE MULLETS. Still lio l\car(l the 1(m>iis Iniio cry I'liMii the stream, ami Id their rest I.^iii; trniips of iiirlews seaward (ly, At sunset to their sandy nest. Still JDViiiis fri>ni the sparklini; tide With silver siiles shall Mnllels Icip The ea^lc in wonted pride, And hy their eyrie stroiii; and wide On the dry oak heside the deep, Their watch shall hiisy ospreys keep. William J. i'iuaysdn : 7'/ir AVrrr Coosa. /^N our eastern coast there are two species of J/z/i,--/*/, the ditrerences he- ^^^tween which are sometimes, though not always recognized by fisliermen. The most familiar is the Strii)e(l Mullet, J///',i,77 alhitlii; the other is the so-called "White Mullet," Afiti^il />nisi7i(nsis. The former is the larger, and has eight instead of nine rays in the anal fin, and forty-two instead of thirty-eight scales between the gill openings and the base of the caudal fin. There has been so much confusion among writers regarding the species of this family upon our coast that it has until very recently been impossible to define jirecisely their geographical range. The Strii)ed Mullet occurs ii; the West Indies, the dulf, and from Lower Cali- fornia to Peru. A single specimen of M. I'rirsi/irnsis, was taken at Provincetown, in November, 1S51. North of New Jersey the capture of a large individual is very unusual. In July great numbers of them, about an inch in length, have been observed on the Connecticut coast, especially in the vicinity of Noank ; the fishermen there call them by the name of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page im
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