. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. THE BLACK GROUPER. THE GROUPERS AND THE JEW FISH. Hngest of all are hsh in sea For they were formed by heaven's great King Before all other earthly thing. The Voyage of St. Brandon (Mediaeval) 'T'HE various species of Grouper are already of importance, and will be still more highly appreciated by the anglers of future generations. They are members of the genus Epinephelus, and other closely related genera. The Red Grouper, Epin
. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. THE BLACK GROUPER. THE GROUPERS AND THE JEW FISH. Hngest of all are hsh in sea For they were formed by heaven's great King Before all other earthly thing. The Voyage of St. Brandon (Mediaeval) 'T'HE various species of Grouper are already of importance, and will be still more highly appreciated by the anglers of future generations. They are members of the genus Epinephelus, and other closely related genera. The Red Grouper, Epinephelus morio, is a large species, some- times attaining the weight of forty or fifty pounds. There is no certain record of its having been captured north of Florida, where it is called the "Brown Snapper" or "Red-bellied ; DeKay, writing in 1842, stated that it was not unusual in the New York market in June and July, where it was called by the fishermen ' Groper,' or ' Red Groper '; that it is a Southern species and is brought from the reefs of Florida, but that he had been informed by West Indian fishermen that it is occasionally, but rarely, taken off the coast of New York ; he added that Dr. Holbrook in- formed him that it was brought into the Charleston markets from Florida in the months of January, February, and March. Holbrook wrote : " The Grouper is so seldom seen on our coast that nothing can at this time be said of its habits ; but in confinement, as it is brought to us from Key West, it appears very voracious and bold, taking. 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 Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896. Boston : Estes and Lauriat
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