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 . n taken. M. jordani, the cabrilla de astillero or bay a, is an important food-fish at Mazatlan and Guaymas. It reaches a length of 2 to 3 feet andis common in bays .and protected waters. Colour, olive-grav, blackish above, with obscure clouds of darkerolive in the form of diffuse dark blotches, these oblong quadrate andarranged in 4 series; lower parts pale olive; sides of head with wavyblack streaks. M. microle
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 . n taken. M. jordani, the cabrilla de astillero or bay a, is an important food-fish at Mazatlan and Guaymas. It reaches a length of 2 to 3 feet andis common in bays .and protected waters. Colour, olive-grav, blackish above, with obscure clouds of darkerolive in the form of diffuse dark blotches, these oblong quadrate andarranged in 4 series; lower parts pale olive; sides of head with wavyblack streaks. M. microlepjs, the gag, occurs from Beaufort, North Carolina,and around the coast of Florida to Pensacola. It is not yet knownfrom the West Indies. At Key West it is a common fish at all times,reaches a weight of 10 pounds, and is highly esteemed. Colour, variable, those from shallow water being lighter and morevariegated; those from deeper water plain brownish gray, paler below,with no distinct spots or rivulations, but with faint traces of darkerspotting, which disappear in alcohol; dorsal dark olive, the tip of softpart blue-black, the edge narrowly white; caudal black with bright 392. JEWFISH, Pro;nicrops itaiara
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