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double dorsal fin extending to the tail, which is deeply forked. 

 The colors change rapidly after the fish is taken from the 

 water, green, yellow, and silvery, predominating. Eyes large, 

 mouth ditto, with sharp conical teeth. Grows to the weight 

 of twelve or fifteen pounds, averaging perhaps three in the 

 spring run. It is very strong and active, fighting to the last 

 on the hook, and dying as soon as taken. Very voracious, 

 taking all sorts of bait, on the bottom, at midwater, or on 

 the surface — cut-Mullet being commonly used. I have taken 

 it with a trolling spoon, and others have taken it with a fly. 

 A Cavalli of four or five pounds must be carefully handled 

 on a rod, as its movements are rapid and unexpected — leap- 

 ing out of the water, running under the boat, and conduct- 

 ing itself in the gamest fashion, so that many escape. 



The Cavalli usually appears at Mosquito Inlet in April, or 

 earlier if the water is warm, in large schools, and is discov- 

 ered by the commotion which it causes among the small fry, 

 especially Mullet, which it hunts and devours incessantly, 

 often driving them on shore. In the Indian River it is found 

 all winter. Spawns in May, in the ocean. 



Says Professor Goode: "The name of this fish is usually 

 written and printed, 'Crevalli, ' but the form in common use 

 among the fishermen of the south, 'Cavally,' is nearer to the 

 Spanish and Portuguese names, Caballa and Cavalla, mean- 

 ing 'horse.' It should be remembered that in South Caro- 

 lina the name Crevalli is most generally applied to quite 

 another fish — the Pompano." 



JORDAN AND GILKKRT' S DESCRIPTION. 



Crevaixi, Horse Crevalli — Caranx hippos {GvLWiher). Oliva- 

 ceous above; sides and below, silvery golden; a distinct 

 black blotch on opercle, and one on lower rays of pectorals, 

 the latter sometimes wanting; axil of pectoral dusky; anterior 

 edge of dorsals black; upper edge of caudal peduncle dusky. 

 Body oblong, the anterior profile very strongly arched. Head 

 large and deep. Mouth large, low, and nearly horizontal 

 below axis of body ; lower jaw included maxillary extending 



