. American food and game fishes. A popular account of all the species found in America north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. Verilus There are only two American species, and but one of these of any importance. E. oculatus, known in Porto Rico as cachucho, occurs in the West Indies and about Madeira, but is not yet known from Florida or elsewhere on the mainland. It is a species which prefers rather deep water and rocky bottom. It is a beautiful species, reach- ing a length of 2 to 3 feet, and is an excellent fo
. American food and game fishes. A popular account of all the species found in America north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. Verilus There are only two American species, and but one of these of any importance. E. oculatus, known in Porto Rico as cachucho, occurs in the West Indies and about Madeira, but is not yet known from Florida or elsewhere on the mainland. It is a species which prefers rather deep water and rocky bottom. It is a beautiful species, reach- ing a length of 2 to 3 feet, and is an excellent food-fish. Colour in life, nearly everywhere bright red; pale in spirits, the red nowhere persisting. GENUS YERILUS POEY This genus is technically close to Etelis, although the single known species is quite different in appearance from Etelis oculatus. The cavernous character of the skull is the most striking feature, which, with the nearly divided dorsal, readily distinguishes it. The only known species is the escolar chino (V. sordidns) of the Havana market. It is a rather deep-water species, known only from the coasts of Cuba. Colour, dusky-gray, slightly paler below; tips of spinous dorsal. and ventrals jet-black, the fins otherwise coloured as the body; poste- rior edge of caudal dusky; lining of gill-cavity, peritoneum, and pos- terior part of mouth jet-black. 419. 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931; Evermann, Barton Warren, 1853-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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