. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. THE XO^FOLK HOG-FISH. This species was first described by Mitchill from a specimen taken in the bay of New York. The National Museum has many specimens from various parts of the Southern coast and the Gulf of Mexico. ''In New York," wrote DeKay in 1842, "this is a rare fish, but occasionally ap- pearing, as I am informed, in our harbor in considerable numbers. It is a very savory ; Prof. Baird did not find it on the coast of
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. THE XO^FOLK HOG-FISH. This species was first described by Mitchill from a specimen taken in the bay of New York. The National Museum has many specimens from various parts of the Southern coast and the Gulf of Mexico. ''In New York," wrote DeKay in 1842, "this is a rare fish, but occasionally ap- pearing, as I am informed, in our harbor in considerable numbers. It is a very savory ; Prof. Baird did not find it on the coast of New Jersey in 1854. It occurs in the salt water of the lower part of the Chesa- peake Bay, and is much esteemed for food, being perhaps the most popu- lar pan-fish of the Lower Chesapeake. At Beaufort, N. C, where it is also called '•' Hog-fish," according to Jordan, it is extremely common everywhere in the harbor. Holbrook wrote about i860: "The 'Sailor's Choice' makes its appearance in our 6. 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. New York, Standard book co.
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