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 . le matter retained, and the refuseexpelled. When one flsh finds a spot rich in the desired food,its companions immediately flock around in a manner remindingone of barn-yard fowls feeding from a dish. The mullet eatsno fish or anything of any size, but is preyed upon by nearlyall other common fishes larger than itself. Colour, dark bluish above, sides silvery, with a conspicuousdark stripe along each row of scal
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 . le matter retained, and the refuseexpelled. When one flsh finds a spot rich in the desired food,its companions immediately flock around in a manner remindingone of barn-yard fowls feeding from a dish. The mullet eatsno fish or anything of any size, but is preyed upon by nearlyall other common fishes larger than itself. Colour, dark bluish above, sides silvery, with a conspicuousdark stripe along each row of scales; under parts pale yellowish;ventral fins yellowish, the other fins more or less dusky. 253 The Trench Mullet Trench Mullet Miigil incilis Hancock This mullet is known only from brackish waters from theRio Chagres to Bahia, and is said to be common. We knownothing distinctive regarding its habits. Galapagfos Mullet Mugil thoburni Jordan & Starks This small mullet reaches a length of 8 inches or more andis known only from the Pacific Coast of tropical America fromGuatemala to the Galapagos Islands. It is close to M. incilis,from which it differs chiefly in the larger White Mullet; Blue-back Mullet; Liza Blanca Mtigil curema Cuvier & Valenciennes This mullet occurs from Cape Cod to Brazil on our AtlanticCoast, and on the Pacific side from Chile to Lower is abundant, especially in the tropics, and enters the sea morefreely than M. cephalns, next to which it is the most importantfood species of the family in our waters. It is a common fishin the markets of Porto Rico where it is called Liza orJosea. Like the striped mullet, it enters fresh water, speci- 254 The Lisita mens having been obtained by us from freshwater streams nearCaguas, the interior of Porto Rico. Colour, dark olive above, with some bluish reflections; sil-very below; sides without dark streaks; a small dark blotch atbase of pectoral; pectoral and dorsals pale, with numerous smalldark punctulat
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