. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. HALIBUT, FLAT-FISH AND FLOUNDER. 327 or more, on the New England coast, and, though never very abundant in any one locality, might be taken in considerable quantities, in company with the Pole Flounder, by the use of a trawl-net, or even by specially devised trawl-lines. The Rough Dab has not been observed south of Woods Holl, Massachu- setts, but ranges north to Greenland, is abundant on the English coast, and is a well-known food-fish of Scan
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. HALIBUT, FLAT-FISH AND FLOUNDER. 327 or more, on the New England coast, and, though never very abundant in any one locality, might be taken in considerable quantities, in company with the Pole Flounder, by the use of a trawl-net, or even by specially devised trawl-lines. The Rough Dab has not been observed south of Woods Holl, Massachu- setts, but ranges north to Greenland, is abundant on the English coast, and is a well-known food-fish of Scandinavia. Its breeding habits in our waters have not been observed, but in Southern Sweden the spawning time is in April and May. It is a large-mouthed species, feeding upon fish as well as upon large invertebrates, such as crustaceans and annelids, and mention has been made of it more on account of its possible value in the future than for its importance at the present THE AMERICAN SOLE OR HOG-CHOKER. The much-prized Sole of Europe, Solea vulgaris^ does not occur in the Western Atlantic, although attempts are being made to introduce it, and individuals have been set free in Massachusetts Bay, at Woods Holl, and off Coney Island. Its nearest representative, the American Sole, is found along our coast from Boston and Nahant to the mouth cf the Mississippi River. It occurs in all of the rivers south of the Susque- hanna, and is taken in great numbers in the shad seines. It rarely attains. 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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