THE FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 



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anal yellow ; cheeks and lower half of sides also yellow ; a black opercular spot, but 

 none on pectoral ; several narrow pale bars on sides ; tip of elevated part of soft 

 dorsal dusky; membrane between dorsal spines dusky; iris copper color. 



The Crevalle is found on the east coast from Nova Scotia southward, ranging to 

 the West Indies and Brazil. The young are very common along the coast of 

 Southern New England in summer. DeKay calls it the Yellow Caran.x, and Mitchill 

 mentions it as the Yellow Mackerel. The specimens seen by both these authors 

 came from the Bay of New York. 



At Woods Hole, Mass., the young arrive in July and leave in October. In 

 Great Egg Harbor Bay, N. J., young individuals were taken sparingly in August. 

 DeKay records the species as abundant in New York Bay in September and 

 October. The writer saw several examples from a fish trap at Islip, L. I., October 

 I, 1890. 



CREVALLE, 



Young Crevalld make a croaking sound when captured in a net or held in the 

 hand. 



On the Gulf coast of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi the fish is migratory, just 

 as it is here ; it makes its appearance in April, spawns in July or August, and then 

 disappears and is replaced by the young. It feeds on small fish, which it pursues 

 eagerly, and is preyed on by sharks and porpoises. 



It grows to the length of 15 inches and is highly prized for food. 



The Crevalle can be successfully kept in captivity in large pools with a tempera- 

 ture above 50° in winter. The fish occasionally school together under a large shark 

 and follow it about. 



