. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture . rilla, a name applied to other species of Serranus in the Mediter-ranean. The Chinese call it Lockee Cod (Rock Cod). It reaches alength of eighteen inches and a weight of about five pounds. It rangesfrom San Francisco to Cerros Island, being very abundant about the SantaBarbara Islands, where it is taken in large numbers. It lives in water ofno great depth, chiefly about the rocks. It feeds on squid, Crustacea, andsmall fishes. It is an excellent food
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture . rilla, a name applied to other species of Serranus in the Mediter-ranean. The Chinese call it Lockee Cod (Rock Cod). It reaches alength of eighteen inches and a weight of about five pounds. It rangesfrom San Francisco to Cerros Island, being very abundant about the SantaBarbara Islands, where it is taken in large numbers. It lives in water ofno great depth, chiefly about the rocks. It feeds on squid, Crustacea, andsmall fishes. It is an excellent food-fish, similar in quality to the relatedAtlantic species. The Johnny Cabrilla, Serranus fiebulifer, receives the name RockBass and Cabrilla with the other species. The distinctive Spanishname of Johnny (Juan) Verde is also in frequent use, especially at San THE GROUPERS AND THE JEW FISH. 53 Pedro. It reaches a length of twelve to twenty inches and a weight ofabout five pounds. It has been taken at Monterey, but is common onlyfrom San Pedro southward to Magdalena Bay. So far as known to us, itagrees in habits and value with the Vn \;.^ THE RED GROUPER. EPINEPHELUS MORIO. The Spotted Cabrilla, Serranus maculofasciatus, receives the samenames, ? Rock Bass and Cabrilla, as others. It agrees with the pre-ceeding in value, distribution, and habits, so far as is known, but is rathersmaller in size. It is an excellent food-fish, and from its great abundanceabout San Diego it may become of considerable economic range extends southward to Mazatlan, it being one of the very fewCalifornia fishes which extend their range to the south of the Tropic ofCancer.
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