﻿THi: 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  INDIAN 
  RIVER, 
  FLORIDA. 
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  ANNOTATED 
  LIST 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  KNOWN 
  FROM 
  INDIAN 
  RIVER. 
  

  

  Ill 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  are 
  included 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  fishes 
  which 
  are 
  

   known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  Indian 
  Eiver. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  fresh-wator 
  fishes 
  

   which 
  were 
  not 
  obtained 
  by 
  us, 
  but 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  

   streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  Indian 
  Eiver 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Goode, 
  Dr. 
  Jordan, 
  Dr. 
  

   Henshall, 
  and 
  others. 
  Common 
  names 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  local 
  in 
  their 
  use 
  

   by 
  Indian 
  Eiver 
  fishermen 
  are 
  inclosed 
  in 
  quotation 
  marks. 
  The 
  total 
  

   number 
  admitted 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  is 
  lOG. 
  In 
  nomenclature 
  and 
  sequence 
  of 
  

   species 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Everniann's 
  Fishes 
  of 
  North 
  and 
  Middle 
  America, 
  

   recently 
  issued 
  as 
  Bulletin 
  47, 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  is 
  followed. 
  

  

  1. 
  Carcharhinus 
  milberti 
  (Miiller 
  & 
  Henle). 
  Blue 
  SJiark. 
  Trobably 
  coniiiion, 
  hiit 
  

  

  not 
  seen 
  during 
  this 
  investigation. 
  Reported 
  from 
  Indian 
  River 
  in 
  1879 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Goode. 
  

  

  2. 
  Scoliodon 
  terrae-novae 
  (Richardson). 
  Shai-p-iiosed 
  Shark. 
  Probably 
  eoninion. 
  

  

  One 
  example, 
  2+ 
  feet 
  long, 
  seen 
  at 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet. 
  

  

  3. 
  Sphyrna 
  tiburo 
  (Linnaeus). 
  Shovel-nosed 
  Shark. 
  Mr. 
  Scobie 
  says 
  this 
  shark 
  is 
  

  

  not 
  iincoiumon 
  about 
  the 
  inlets. 
  A 
  dead 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  near 
  Titusvillc. 
  

   <!. 
  Sphyrna 
  zygaena 
  (Linnaeus). 
  Hammer-headed 
  Shark. 
  Not 
  seen 
  during 
  this 
  

   investigation, 
  but 
  reported 
  from 
  Indian 
  River 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Goode 
  in 
  1879. 
  Prob- 
  j 
  

   ably 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  

  

  5. 
  Squalus 
  acanthias 
  Liimanis. 
  Dogfish; 
  Dog 
  Shark 
  ; 
  " 
  riippi/ 
  Shark"; 
  "Herring 
  

  

  SJiark." 
  This 
  little 
  shark 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  shark 
  in 
  Indian 
  

   River. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  permanent 
  resident. 
  

  

  6. 
  Pristis 
  pectinatiLS 
  Latham. 
  Common 
  Sauyftsh. 
  The 
  sawlish 
  is 
  an 
  abundant 
  

  

  species, 
  permanently 
  resident 
  in 
  Indian 
  River, 
  where 
  it 
  does 
  considerable 
  

   damage 
  to 
  the 
  iishermen 
  by 
  becoming 
  entangled 
  in 
  their 
  nets. 
  The 
  larger 
  

   ones 
  tear 
  or 
  cut 
  the 
  nets, 
  while 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones 
  become 
  entangled 
  and 
  are 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  remove. 
  The 
  examples 
  observed 
  were 
  usually 
  less 
  than 
  3 
  feet 
  in 
  

   total 
  length, 
  saw 
  included, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  reach 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  size 
  in 
  this 
  

   river. 
  Several 
  very 
  large 
  " 
  saws 
  " 
  were 
  seen 
  at 
  Eden, 
  Stuart, 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  

   the 
  largest 
  being 
  feet 
  long, 
  thus 
  indicating 
  a 
  fish 
  of 
  12 
  or 
  15 
  feet. 
  One 
  

   iisherniau 
  has 
  seen 
  them 
  16 
  or 
  17 
  feet 
  long. 
  Another 
  reports 
  that 
  a 
  sawfish 
  12i 
  

   feet 
  long 
  and 
  weighing 
  425 
  pounds 
  was 
  caught 
  near 
  Eau 
  Gallic 
  in 
  October, 
  

   1895. 
  He 
  thinks 
  fully 
  300 
  sawfish 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  his 
  nets 
  last 
  season. 
  

  

  Some 
  very 
  interesting 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  young 
  sawfish 
  was 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  B. 
  Everett 
  and 
  Mv. 
  Stypmann. 
  Mr. 
  l^vorett 
  says 
  that 
  

   from 
  a 
  largo 
  sawfish 
  wliich 
  he 
  caught 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  he 
  took 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   young, 
  which 
  swam 
  away 
  when 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Avater. 
  The 
  "saws" 
  were 
  

   enveloped 
  by 
  a 
  membrane, 
  which 
  disappeared 
  in 
  specin\ens 
  left 
  to 
  dry 
  in 
  the 
  

   sun, 
  and 
  the 
  tectli 
  became 
  visible. 
  Mr. 
  Stypmann 
  says 
  he 
  has 
  taken 
  eighteen 
  

   or 
  twenty 
  young 
  from 
  a 
  sawfish 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  .Inly. 
  The 
  "saws" 
  were 
  

   well 
  developed, 
  but 
  they, 
  including 
  the 
  teeth, 
  were 
  soft 
  like 
  leather. 
  He 
  

   says 
  he 
  has 
  found 
  the 
  young 
  in 
  a 
  sawfish 
  1(5 
  or 
  17 
  feet 
  long. 
  

  

  Tliere 
  is 
  some 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  teeth, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  usually 
  one 
  

   more 
  tooth 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  numbers 
  most 
  fre(|uently 
  

   found 
  were 
  25 
  and 
  26. 
  

  

  7. 
  Dasyatis 
  sabina 
  (LeSueur). 
  SUvg 
  lUn/. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  qui*^e 
  common. 
  Three 
  young 
  

  

  examples 
  from 
  Cocoa 
  and 
  Stuart. 
  

  

  8. 
  Dasyatis 
  say 
  (LeSueur). 
  Southern 
  Sting 
  llaij. 
  I'robably 
  luore 
  common 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  prece<ling 
  species, 
  though 
  the 
  collection 
  contains 
  but 
  a 
  single 
  specimen, 
  taken 
  

   at 
  Stuarf,. 
  This 
  siiecies 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Damjatis 
  sabina 
  by 
  its 
  

   smoother 
  skin 
  and 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  series 
  of 
  prickles 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  

  

  