. 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. '?-If/.Mt V!'.' r-* «*i»'H''?s^-» V^ - ts^. THE CROAKER. The Croaker, Micropogon undulatus, ranges from New York at least to the Gulf of Mexico, although rarely seen north of Delaware. It occurs also in some of the West Indian islands and south of Brazil. Its name refers to the peculiar grunting sound which it utters, but in the Chesa- peake this name has been corrupted into " ; In Texas it is called &quo
. 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. '?-If/.Mt V!'.' r-* «*i»'H''?s^-» V^ - ts^. THE CROAKER. The Croaker, Micropogon undulatus, ranges from New York at least to the Gulf of Mexico, although rarely seen north of Delaware. It occurs also in some of the West Indian islands and south of Brazil. Its name refers to the peculiar grunting sound which it utters, but in the Chesa- peake this name has been corrupted into " ; In Texas it is called "; At Beaufort, N. C, according to Jordan, it is very abundant, and, next to the mullet and the Spot, is the most common food-fish of the region. Kolbrook states that the Croaker makes its appearance off Charleston in the month of May, but becomes common in shallow water in June and July, and is most abundant and attains its largest size in October and. 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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