. California fish and game . xtent in southern California andmarketed as herring. It is common on sandy shores of the southernand Lower California coasts, and has been taken as far northward asSan Francisco. The White Sea Bass (Cynoscion nobilis). The snout is sharp and the tip of the lower jaw projects beyond itwhen the mouth is closed, while the length of the base of the seconddorsal is three or more times the length of the anal base. The lengthof the pectoral fin is more than half the length of the head, and the tipof the pectoral reaches about to opposite the tips of the are
. California fish and game . xtent in southern California andmarketed as herring. It is common on sandy shores of the southernand Lower California coasts, and has been taken as far northward asSan Francisco. The White Sea Bass (Cynoscion nobilis). The snout is sharp and the tip of the lower jaw projects beyond itwhen the mouth is closed, while the length of the base of the seconddorsal is three or more times the length of the anal base. The lengthof the pectoral fin is more than half the length of the head, and the tipof the pectoral reaches about to opposite the tips of the are no greatly enlarged teeth pointing backwards at the frontof the upper jaw. The mouth is large and the maxillary nearly or quitereaches to vertically below the hind ])order of the eye. The caudal fin 1(> CAIJFOKXIA IISII AND (iAMK. IOiu-avt iHhiiul. \ery tine dark points are (.vcrywhcrc tliistccl overthe silvery color, making it more or less dusky bluish. The inner sur-faces of the pectoral and ventral fins are Fig. 7. The white sea bass (Cynoscion iwhills). Tliough this fish is only distantly related to the bass, it is in Californiaalmost universally known as the sea bass or white sea bass. On theAtlantic coast fishes of this group are known as weakfishes. Thisspecies is one of our most valuable food fishes, reaching a weightof 90 or more pounds, and having firm Avhite flesh. It is found in con-siderable al)undance along the California coast and southward toLower California. It has been reported as far north as Puget young has dusky bands extending down from the back onto thesides. Fishermen call the small ones sea trout. The California Bluefish (Cynoscion parvipinnis). As in the white sea bass the snout is sharp; the tip of the lower jaw projects beyond it when the mouth is closed; and the base of the second dorsal fin is much longer than that of the anal fin. It may be known from the white sea bass by the pectoral fin being less than half the length
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