The Robalos 



flaky, and in Porto Rico is highly esteemed as food, but at Key West it 

 is little valued. 



We have never taken the snook with the fly or on the hook, but it 

 is said to take the hook readily and even to rise to the fly. We have 

 been told that the army and navy officers stationed at San Juan, Porto 

 Rico, have good sport trolling for robalos in the mouths of the rivers 

 along the north side of the island. 



C. parallelus is known only from Cuba, Santo Domingo, Porto 

 Rico, and Pernambuco. It enters rivers and lakes and may be found 

 long distances from salt water. In Porto Rico it ascends the larger 

 streams well toward the interior of the island. It reaches a foot in 

 length, is a good food-fish, and possesses some game qualities. In 

 Porto Rico it is sought by the local anglers in the lower parts of the 

 Rio de la Plata, the Manati, and the Rio Grande de Arecibo. 



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