The Bass and their Relatives 



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The Flashers: Lobotidae. The small family of Lobotida, flash- 

 ers, or triple-tails, closely resembles the Serranida, but there 



FIG. 266. Flasher, Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch). Virginia. 



are no teeth on vomer or palatines. The three species are 

 robust fishes, of a large size, of a dark-green color, the front 

 part of the head very short. They reach a length of about 



FIG. 267. Catalufa, Priacanthus arenatus Cuv. & Val Wood's Hole, Mass. 



three feet and are good food-fishes. Lobotes surinamensis 

 comes northward from the West Indies as far as Cape Cod. 



