. The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line. and has been taken in the Halifax Riverjeeighing twenty-eight pounds. It is easier handled on a rod than*jhe common grouper, not running to a hole like that fish, but fight-ing iu open water. It is a rich and well flavored fish, superior, in my opinion, to thelast named species. Some years this species is quite common, sothat some are taken every day. In other years they may be scarce,and this we find is the case with many species on the Florida the northern coast we know that the same thing occurs, and there
. The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line. and has been taken in the Halifax Riverjeeighing twenty-eight pounds. It is easier handled on a rod than*jhe common grouper, not running to a hole like that fish, but fight-ing iu open water. It is a rich and well flavored fish, superior, in my opinion, to thelast named species. Some years this species is quite common, sothat some are taken every day. In other years they may be scarce,and this we find is the case with many species on the Florida the northern coast we know that the same thing occurs, and thereit is often attributed to the eflEects of pound nets and seines and over-fishing. On the Florida coast there have been few of these destructiveengines, and the cast net is the only net used, and that merely forthe needs of the scanty population of those shores. Except in theneighborhood of St. Augustine and Jacksonville, the amount of fishtaken by man is very small. Marine birds and fishes of prey are theprincipal destroyers of food fishes. In fact, the waters are almost. FISHES OF TUE EAST ATLANTIC COAST. 125 in a state of nature ; and yet ttiis abundance and scarcity of many-species occurs here from year to year. Tlie rock grouper is takenwith mullet bait, on the ground. Since writing the above, I find on consulting Professor JordansSynopsis, a species there described under the name of Rhyjyticus ma-culatus, which much resembles the rock grouper. DESCRIPTION. OHve brown above, with scattered whitish spots ; below, pale slate color Backregularly arched from snout to caudal fin. Mouth large, maxillary extending be-yond orbit; lower jaw longer than upper, and projecting much beyond it in closedmouth. Pre-opercle with two stout spines ; opercle with three. Pectorals ratherlarge. Vertical fins high. Dorsal spines slightly connected with the soft 3 1-3 ; depth 3. D, II, 25 ; A. 15. North Carolina to the West name, soapfish. PoMPANO— PoiiPEYXosE. — Tfachy
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