The food and game fishes of New York: . KlOKT OK THE l-OKEST, FISH AN!J CiAME COMMISSION. 79. Silversides; Friar; Whitebait (Miiiidia )iotata Mitchill). Athciiiia lutcita M ,, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 446, 1815; DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fislu-s, 141, ]il. 28, fig. 88, 1842, New virii/cst-riis Ml , oj). cit., 447, 1815, X. notatiim Goope & I!ka,n, liull. Inst., XI, 21, mcitidia HeKay, oji. cit., 142, pi. 74, fig. 236, 1842, N. Y., not of Linn.€ intahi Pnill. U. S. F. (., Yll, 146. 1888 ; 19th Rept. Commrs. Fish
The food and game fishes of New York: . KlOKT OK THE l-OKEST, FISH AN!J CiAME COMMISSION. 79. Silversides; Friar; Whitebait (Miiiidia )iotata Mitchill). Athciiiia lutcita M ,, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 446, 1815; DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fislu-s, 141, ]il. 28, fig. 88, 1842, New virii/cst-riis Ml , oj). cit., 447, 1815, X. notatiim Goope & I!ka,n, liull. Inst., XI, 21, mcitidia HeKay, oji. cit., 142, pi. 74, fig. 236, 1842, N. Y., not of Linn.€ intahi Pnill. U. S. F. (., Yll, 146. 1888 ; 19th Rept. Commrs. Fish. N. Y., 271, 1890. Translucent green ; lateral band .silvery, mostl\ on the level of the e\-e, its widthless than one-half the diameter of eye. Scales of upper parts witli dark dots alongtheir edges; chin speckled. The Common Silversides grows to a length of 6 inches. The Silversides was first made known by Dr. Mitchill under the name of SmallSilvcrside, Athcrina iiotata, and he described the young of the same species as the. SILVERSIDES. Groen-Sided Silverside, Atlicrina viridcsccns. Dr. DeKay states that the Silversideswas known in the harbor of New York as the Anchovy and the Sand Smelt. Friaris a New England name for the species ; Capelin is in use about Boston, and Meritfish in the vicinity of Watch Hill. Sperling is a name recently apj^lied to thisspecies by some fishermen, and we have known persons to offer the -Silversides asWhitebait. In Great South Bay it is known as Shiner. The .Sihersides is known to occur on the coast from Maine to \irginia. It isone of the most abundant of the small fishes in our waters, swimming in immenseschools made up of fish of different sizes, aiul it forms a considerable part of thefood of more valuable species, such as the Mackerel, Bluefish, Weakfish andI-lounders, and is very much in demand as a bait for hook and line fishing. Weseined the Silversides in all parts of Great South Bay, and found it to be one of themost abundant and char
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