THE CAVALLY AND OTHER CARANGOIDS. 



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It is a good food-fish, but is rather shy of a baited hook, and but few are 

 taken. It attains a size of forty inches in length and fifteen pounds 



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THE AMBER-FISH. 



weight. It is also, according to Jordan, rather common on the Carolina 

 coast, where it is known as the "Jack-fish." 



The "Rock Salmon" of Pensacola, Scriola falcata, is recorded by 

 Stearns as occasionally occurring near Pensacola in comj^jany with the 

 preceeding species, which it resembles in habits. It is caught with hook 

 and line and is eaten ; in his opinion, it attains a larger size than the 

 Amber-fish. There is a third species of Amber-fish of which the National 

 Museum has received a single specimen from South Florida. It is closely 

 related to the fish described by Cuvier under the name Scriola Lalaiidii. 

 The same species is some sent to the New Orleans market, where an ex- 

 ample was seen by Prof. Jordan. 



Another closelv allied species, Seriola dorsalis, occurs on the coast of 

 California, where, according to Jordan, it is known under the names 

 "Yellow-tail," "White Salmon," and "Cavasina." 



Of the " Yellow-tail," Prof. Jordan says : "It reaches a length of four 

 to five feet, and a weight of thirty to forty pounds, and individuals of less 

 than fifteen pounds weight are rarely seen. It ranges from Cape San 

 Lucas northward to the Santa Barbara and Coronados Islands, where it is 

 found in great abundance in the spawning season, arriving in July, and 

 departing in early fall. It spawns about August i8. It is caught chiefly 

 bv trolling. It feeds on squid and such fish as the anchovy and sardine. 

 As a fresh fish it ranks high, although large individuals are sometimes 

 coarse and tough. When salted and dried it is inferior to none on the 

 coast, ranking with the white-fish and barracuda." 



