176 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



List of marine Jishea ohavrved in Key Biscayne Bay 



51. Gray snapper (Lit(/rtni(» _(7?'i8eHs). 74. 



52. Schoolmaster (/>«//«»«« caj"is). 75. 



53. Gvxmi {Ihrmulou plumieri). 76. 



54. Yellow grnnt (//(('(/(m/o/i <7f'.'/aHs). 77. 



55. Black gmut {II amulon parra). 



56. Chub {naviulon rimalo?-). 



57. Ulaok luargate lish [Ifivmiilonf]. 



58. Bream {Lagodon rhoviboiihs). 



59. \'t}\hyw-t-Ail (Ocytinis chrysiiriis). 78. 



60. Sailor's choice (Orthopristis chrysop- 79. 



terns). 80. 



61. Porkfish (Aniaotremua virf/inicus). 81. 



62. VoTgy {Calamus calamus). 82. 



63. Grass^sh {Calamus arctifrona). 83, 



64. Vorgy {Calamus hajonado). 84. 



65. Sheepshead {Archosargiis j)robatoceph- 85. 



alus). 86. 



66. Redfish CSciffHaocfi/Za/a). 87. 



67. Drum {Fononia'i chromis). 88. 



68. White perch (/.V((rrf;>?/rt c/i)-i/SHra). 89. 



69. Weakfish; Trout {Cynoscion macu- 90. 



latum). 91. 



70. Spot {Leiostomus xanthurus). 92. 



71. Whiting {Menticirrus alburnus.) 93. 



72. Whiting {Menticirrus nehulosus). 94. 



73. Croaker {Micropogon undulatus). 95. 



, Florida, by W. F. McCormick — Cont'd. 



Shad (Gerres olxHthottoma). 



Shad {Gerres cincnus). 



Shad {Gerres harengulus). 



An ge 1 - fi 8 h ( Chatodipterus fnber. ) 

 There are also other fishes known 

 as " angel-li.sh" which I am unaole 

 to name. [These belong to the g:'u- 

 era Hohicanthus and Pomacauthus.'l 



Snooks {Centropomiis undecimalis). 



Ilogfiah {Lachnohiimus falcatus). 



Pug ( Sparisoma flavescens). 



[Parrot- fish] {Sparisoma cyanolene). 



Flounder {Platophrys uccllatus). 



Plaice (raralichlhys squamilentus). 



Flounder {Acbirus lincatus). 



Sole {Symphurus plagiusa). 



Turbot {Balistes caroliuensis). 



Leather-iish {Monacanthus hispidus). 



Shelllish {Ostracion trigonum). 



Cowfish {Ostracion quadricorne). 



Burfish {Chilomycterus schapfi). 



Porcupinetish {Diodon hysirix). 



Rabbit-lisli ( Lagocephalus la^vigatus). 



Swelltish {Spheroides spengleri). 



Green moray (Siderafunebris). 



Moray {Gymnothorax vioringa). 



REPTILES. 



Among the aquatic reptiles iuhabitiug the Biscayne Bay region are 

 crocodiles, alligators, green turtles, loggerhead turtles, and diamond- 

 back terrapins. 



The crocodile ( (7roco(?i/MS acutus) is of no economic value and is chiefly 

 interesting as a freak of geographical distribution. While it is by no 

 means common, it can not be regarded as rare, and it is known to exist, 

 in communities, in a number of localities around the shores of the bay, 

 as, for instance, in Crocodile Hole near tlie head of Indian Creek, in 

 a landlocked pond on Virginia Key, and in Arch Creek, From the 

 last-named place specimens of large size have been obtained for museum 

 purposes. It is very wary and difBcnlt to ai)proach, and for this reason 

 appears to be less common than it really is. Almost every season the 

 nests and eggs are found by boatmen under bushes on the sandy shores 

 of the holes to which the animal resorts. 



The issue of the Tropical Sun, of ^^'est Palm Beach, for March 16, 

 1805, gave an account of a trip of Mr. Charles B. Cory to Card Sound for 

 crocodiles. A "large family" of crocodiles was found ; one 1<! feet long 

 was observed, and a specimen 13i feet long Mas obtained for Mr. Cory's 

 collection. The paper recalls the killing of a crocodile in Snake Creek 

 about iive years ago by Mr. Charles I'eacock and Mr. Ralph M. Munroe. 

 This example was 14 feet 7 inches long, and is said to be now in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York. 



