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to the sea. These young are then of about one pound weight, appearing 

 to the casual observer like pompano, and I am told that they equal it for- 

 edible purposes. They are caught accidently by seines and trolling-lines. 

 Large ones are not considered choice food, the flesh being dark and 

 almost tasteless. The average weight is twelve pounds ; occasionally they- 

 attain the size of twenty pounds." 



Prof. Jordan found this species abundant in Lake Pontchartrain. 



Caranx cnnnenophthalinus, called in the Bermudas, where it is of some 

 importance as a food-fish, the " Goggler," or " Goggle-eyed Jack," and 

 in Cuba the " Cicharra," occurs in the West Indies and along the Atlan- 

 tic coast of the United States north to Vineyard Sound. It is also found 

 at Panama and in the Gulf of California, and in the Indian Ocean, the 

 Red Sea, and off the coast of Guinea, while, as has been remarked, it is 

 abundant in the Bermudas. Its large, protruding eyes are very noticeable 

 features, and the Bermuda name seems appropriate for adoption, since the 

 fish has with us never received a distinctive name. In form it somewhat 

 resembles the species last discussed, with which it is probably often, 

 confused. Stearns speaks of a fish, common at Key West, which is known, 

 as the " Horse-eyed Jack," and this may prove to be the same species. 



THE JUEEL OR HARD-TAIL, 



Caranx pisquetus, known about Pensacola as the " Jurel." " Cojinua,"' 

 and " Hard-tail"; along the Florida coast as "Jack-fish" and "Skip- 

 jack"; in the Bermudas as the "Jack" or "Buffalo Jack"; in South 

 Carolina as the "Horse Crevalle"; at Fort Macon as the "Horse 

 Mackerel "; about New York and on the coast of New Jersey as the " Yel- 

 low Mackerel," is found in the Western Atlantic from Brazil, Cuba, and 



