Fishes . FlG. 200.—Ten-pounder, Elops saurus L. An ally of the earliest bony fishes. Virginia. bone or gular plate between the branches of the lower jaw, asin the Ganoid genus Amia. The living species are few, abound-ing in the tropical seas, important for their size and numbers,. Fig. 201.—A ]>rimitive Herring-like fish, Uolcolepis letresiensis, Mantell, Elopidte. English Chalk. (After Woodward.) though not valued as food-fishes save to those who, like theHawaiians and Japanese, eat fishes raw. These people prefer 270 Isospondyli for that purpose the white-meated or soft-fl

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Fishes . FlG. 200.—Ten-pounder, Elops saurus L. An ally of the earliest bony fishes. Virginia. bone or gular plate between the branches of the lower jaw, asin the Ganoid genus Amia. The living species are few, abound-ing in the tropical seas, important for their size and numbers,. Fig. 201.—A ]>rimitive Herring-like fish, Uolcolepis letresiensis, Mantell, Elopidte. English Chalk. (After Woodward.) though not valued as food-fishes save to those who, like theHawaiians and Japanese, eat fishes raw. These people prefer 270 Isospondyli for that purpose the white-meated or soft-fleshed forms HkeElops or Scams to those which yield a better flavor when cooked. The ten-pounder (Elops saurns), pike-like in form but withvery weak teeth, is foimd in tropical America. Elops maclniaia,the jackmariddle, the awaawa of the Hawaiians, abounding inthe Pacific, is scarcely if at all different. The tarpon, called also grande ccaille, silver-king, and sabalo(Tarpon atlanticus), is a favorite game-fish along the coasts ofFlorida and Carolina. It takes the hook with great spirit, and

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