Fishes . utianidm. fishes of the Havana market, always in demand for banquetsand festivals, because its flesh is never unwholesome. Themangrove snapper, or gray-snapper, Lutianns griseus, calledin Cuba, Caballerote, is the commonest species on our common name arises from the fact that the young hidein the mangrove bushes of Florida and Cuba, whence they sallyout in pursuit of sardines and other small fishes. It is a verywary fish, to be sought with care, hence the name lawyer,sometimes heard in Florida. The cubero {Lutianns cyanop-terits) is a very large snapper, often rejected as u
Fishes . utianidm. fishes of the Havana market, always in demand for banquetsand festivals, because its flesh is never unwholesome. Themangrove snapper, or gray-snapper, Lutianns griseus, calledin Cuba, Caballerote, is the commonest species on our common name arises from the fact that the young hidein the mangrove bushes of Florida and Cuba, whence they sallyout in pursuit of sardines and other small fishes. It is a verywary fish, to be sought with care, hence the name lawyer,sometimes heard in Florida. The cubero {Lutianns cyanop-terits) is a very large snapper, often rejected as unwholesome,being said to cause the disease known as ciguatera. Certainsnappers in Polynesia have a similar reputation. The large redmumea, Lutianns boltar, is regarded as always poisonous inSamoa—the most dangerous fish of the islands. L. leioglossus is 55 The Bass and their Relatives also held under suspicion on Tutuila, though other fishes ofthis type are regarded as always safe. Other common snappers. Fig. 439.—Hoplopagrtis gwUheri Gill. Mazatlan. of Florida and Cuba are the dog snapper or jocii {Liitianus jocii),the schoolmaster or caji {Lutianiis apodiis), the black-fin snapperor sese de lo alto (Lntianns buccanella), the silk snapper or
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