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anchovies and sardines, and is very voracious. It spawns in July or 

 August. Its flesh is tender, being very similar to that of the weak- fish 

 ( C. regale). It softens soon, but, when fresh, is of a fine, delicate quality, 

 and scarcely surpassed by any fish on the coast. Several other species 

 of this genus occur southward along the Me.\ican coast, where they are 

 among the most important of the food-fishes." 



