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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  34. 
  Mollieiiisia 
  latipinna 
  LeSueur. 
  Numerous 
  fine 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  at 
  

  

  Titusville, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  at 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet. 
  

  

  35. 
  Tylosurus 
  notatus 
  (Poey). 
  Silver 
  Gar. 
  One 
  specimen 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  seine 
  at 
  

  

  Titusville. 
  D. 
  U; 
  A. 
  14. 
  Head2|; 
  eye 
  9. 
  

  

  36. 
  Tylosurus 
  marinus 
  (Walbaum). 
  Silver 
  Gar. 
  One 
  small 
  example, 
  3J 
  inches 
  

  

  long, 
  taken 
  at 
  Pelican 
  Island. 
  Quite 
  a 
  number 
  taken 
  at 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet, 
  

   17 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  small, 
  measuring 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  6^ 
  inches. 
  D. 
  15; 
  A. 
  18. 
  

   Eye 
  2i, 
  in 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  head. 
  

  

  37. 
  Hyporhamphus 
  unifasciatus 
  (Ranzani). 
  Halfbeal:. 
  Not 
  seen 
  during 
  this 
  

  

  investigation, 
  but 
  recorded 
  Ijy 
  Dr. 
  Jordan 
  from 
  Indian 
  River. 
  

  

  38. 
  Siphostoma 
  scovelli 
  Evermanu 
  & 
  Kendall. 
  rij)efish] 
  '^Needle-fish.'' 
  The 
  

  

  common 
  pipefish 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  River. 
  !Many 
  examples 
  were 
  seined 
  at 
  Titus- 
  

   ville 
  and 
  Cocoa; 
  one 
  specimen 
  at 
  Pelican 
  Island. 
  One 
  Titusville 
  lot 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  69 
  females 
  and 
  10 
  males. 
  Six 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  males, 
  2^ 
  to 
  2| 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   have 
  eggs 
  in 
  pouch. 
  The 
  two 
  largest 
  examples, 
  4 
  and 
  4i 
  inches, 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  

   eggs 
  in 
  their 
  pouches. 
  D. 
  30 
  or 
  31, 
  very 
  high 
  in 
  the 
  females, 
  low 
  in 
  males. 
  

   One 
  example 
  has 
  D. 
  34. 
  

  

  39. 
  Siphostoma 
  louisiaiice 
  (Giinther). 
  Pipefish. 
  One 
  secured 
  at 
  Titusville 
  and 
  

  

  two 
  at 
  Cocoa. 
  

  

  40. 
  Menidia 
  peninsulas 
  (Goode 
  & 
  Bean). 
  Silrerside. 
  Abundant 
  throughout 
  Indian 
  

  

  River. 
  Specimens 
  obtained 
  from 
  Titusville, 
  Cocoa, 
  Pelican 
  Island, 
  and 
  

   Indian 
  River 
  Inlet. 
  D. 
  usually 
  Y-i, 
  8 
  or 
  9; 
  A. 
  i, 
  16 
  or 
  17. 
  The 
  dorsal 
  varies 
  

   from 
  IV 
  to 
  vii-i, 
  8 
  to 
  10. 
  Scales 
  3-38 
  to 
  40-5. 
  

  

  41. 
  Labidesthes 
  sicculus 
  (Cope). 
  Br 
  ooli 
  Silver 
  side. 
  One 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  interest- 
  

  

  ing 
  little 
  lish, 
  1| 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  obtained 
  at 
  Pelican 
  Island, 
  January 
  21, 
  

   1896. 
  D.iv, 
  10; 
  A. 
  about 
  20; 
  scales 
  70. 
  Color: 
  Pale 
  green; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  

   black; 
  a 
  black 
  stripe 
  composed 
  of 
  black 
  dots 
  along 
  dorsal 
  line 
  from 
  head 
  to 
  

   tail; 
  a 
  similar 
  stripe 
  along 
  ventral 
  line 
  from 
  throat 
  to 
  tail; 
  lateral 
  band 
  

   dark 
  silvery, 
  edged 
  with 
  dark 
  dots; 
  all 
  the 
  scales 
  bordered 
  with 
  spots 
  of 
  

   black 
  pigment. 
  

  

  42. 
  Mugil 
  cephalus 
  Linntcus. 
  Common 
  Mullet. 
  By 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  and 
  

  

  most 
  important 
  food-fish 
  of 
  Indian 
  River. 
  From 
  the 
  silver 
  mullet, 
  which 
  

   is 
  much 
  less 
  abundant, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  its 
  less 
  silvery 
  color, 
  the 
  

   presence 
  of 
  dark 
  longitudinal 
  streaks, 
  the 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  rounded 
  snout, 
  

   and 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  fins. 
  The 
  mangrove 
  mullet 
  

   spoken 
  of 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  is 
  apparently 
  a 
  large 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  

   common 
  mullet. 
  The 
  name 
  galan 
  hotie 
  (variously 
  spelled 
  gallon 
  hotie, 
  gaJlan 
  

   hoia, 
  and 
  gallam 
  hate) 
  is 
  a 
  term 
  used 
  chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  Minorcaus 
  to 
  designate 
  

   spent 
  mullet, 
  and 
  is 
  probably 
  applied 
  to 
  large 
  spent 
  mullet 
  of 
  either 
  species 
  

   when 
  in 
  poor 
  condition. 
  

  

  43. 
  Mugil 
  curema 
  Cuvier 
  &. 
  Valenciennes. 
  Silver 
  Mullet; 
  White 
  Mullet. 
  Will 
  prob- 
  

  

  ably 
  not 
  average 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  common 
  mullet 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  

   less 
  abundant. 
  Examples 
  obtained 
  at 
  only 
  a 
  lew 
  of 
  the 
  places 
  visited. 
  

  

  44. 
  Scomberomorus 
  maculatus 
  (Mitchill). 
  S2)anish 
  Maclerel. 
  Taken 
  in 
  Indian 
  

  

  River 
  only 
  occasionally; 
  more 
  common 
  outside. 
  One 
  15 
  inches 
  long 
  taken 
  

   at 
  Santa 
  Lucia 
  Inlet 
  January 
  30. 
  

  

  45. 
  Oligoplites 
  saurus(Bloch 
  & 
  Schneider). 
  Leather 
  Jack. 
  Indian 
  River 
  (Jordan, 
  

  

  1880). 
  

  

  46. 
  Caranx 
  hippos 
  (Linnppus). 
  "Cavalhj;" 
  CrevalU. 
  Common, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  lower 
  lialf 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  Life 
  colors: 
  Opercle 
  with 
  an 
  inky 
  black 
  spot; 
  pec- 
  

   toral 
  with 
  rather 
  plain 
  black 
  blotch 
  near 
  tips 
  of 
  lower 
  rays; 
  anterior 
  parts 
  

   of 
  anal 
  bright 
  lemon 
  yellow; 
  under 
  part 
  of 
  caudal 
  peduncle, 
  caudal, 
  and 
  top 
  

   of 
  head, 
  orange 
  yellow; 
  lower 
  lobe 
  of 
  caudal 
  yellowish; 
  pectoral 
  long, 
  falci- 
  

   form, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head; 
  axil 
  of 
  pectoral 
  dark; 
  eye 
  golden. 
  

  

  47. 
  Caranx 
  crysos 
  (Mitchill). 
  Hard-tail; 
  Yellotv 
  Maclerel. 
  Not 
  seen 
  during 
  this 
  

  

  investigation. 
  Tint 
  doubtless 
  not 
  rare 
  here. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  Indian 
  River 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Jordan. 
  

  

  