﻿THE 
  FISHERIES 
  OP 
  INDIAN 
  RIVEK, 
  FLORIDA. 
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  48. 
  Vomer 
  setipinnis 
  (Mitcbill) 
  . 
  2IooiiJivh; 
  Horsefish. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  Indian 
  River 
  

  

  in 
  1881 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Goode. 
  

  

  49. 
  Selene 
  vomer 
  (Liuna-us). 
  Moonjish; 
  Look-down; 
  " 
  Old 
  Man-of-thc-Sea." 
  Com- 
  

  

  mon, 
  iiarticularly 
  in 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  Indian 
  River. 
  

  

  50. 
  Chloroscombrus 
  chrysurus 
  (LinniBus). 
  Casaha 
  ; 
  Bumper. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  

  

  Indian 
  River 
  in 
  1880 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Jordan. 
  Probably 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  

  

  51. 
  Trachinotus 
  falcatus 
  (Linna'us). 
  "rennit"; 
  Bound 
  rompano. 
  This 
  species 
  

  

  sbonld 
  be 
  called 
  round 
  pomi)ano, 
  a 
  name 
  by 
  -which 
  it 
  has 
  lonjc 
  been 
  known, 
  

   to 
  distingui.sh 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  larger 
  species, 
  Tracliiuotns 
  fjoodei, 
  which 
  also 
  jirob- 
  

   ably 
  occurs 
  in 
  Indian 
  River. 
  The 
  round 
  pompano 
  appears 
  to 
  bo 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  

   north 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  seen 
  north 
  of 
  Eau 
  (Jallic, 
  but 
  exam- 
  

   ples 
  were 
  seen 
  at 
  Ean 
  Gallic, 
  Eden, 
  and 
  Stuart. 
  Its 
  usual 
  weight 
  is 
  about 
  a 
  

   pound. 
  

  

  52. 
  Trachinotus 
  goodei 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Evermann. 
  Key 
  West 
  Bompano, 
  or 
  "Permit'' 
  of 
  

  

  Key 
  West. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  pompano 
  reported 
  from 
  Indian 
  River 
  ])rob- 
  

   ably 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  species. 
  Mr. 
  Scobie 
  has 
  seen 
  examples 
  weighing 
  20 
  to 
  

   25 
  pounds; 
  Mr. 
  Collins, 
  20 
  pounds; 
  Mr. 
  Church, 
  27 
  pounds; 
  Mr. 
  O'Brien, 
  26 
  

   pounds, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Keller 
  22 
  pounds. 
  

  

  53. 
  Trachinotus 
  carolinus 
  Linnasus. 
  Common 
  Pompano. 
  The 
  most 
  highly 
  prized 
  

  

  tish 
  of 
  Indian 
  River. 
  

  

  54. 
  Pomatomus 
  saltatrix 
  (Linnteus). 
  Bluefish. 
  Not 
  abundant, 
  but 
  highly 
  prized 
  

  

  l>oth 
  by 
  commercial 
  fishermen 
  and 
  anglers. 
  Young 
  less 
  than 
  2 
  inches 
  long 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  near 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet. 
  

  

  55. 
  Elassoma 
  everglade! 
  Jordan. 
  This 
  interesting 
  fish 
  was 
  described 
  in 
  1884 
  from 
  

  

  specimens 
  obtained 
  in 
  Lake 
  Jessup 
  and 
  Indian 
  River, 
  near 
  Titusville, 
  by 
  Mr, 
  

   R. 
  Edward 
  Earll. 
  

  

  56. 
  Chasnobryttus 
  gulosus 
  (Cuvier 
  & 
  Valenciennes). 
  Warmouth. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  

  

  Sebastian 
  River 
  in 
  1880 
  by 
  Dr. 
  .Jordan. 
  

  

  57. 
  Enneacanthus 
  obesus 
  (Baird). 
  Recorded 
  in 
  1880 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Jordan 
  from 
  Sebastian 
  

  

  River. 
  

  

  58. 
  Apomotis 
  punctatus 
  (Cuvier 
  & 
  Valenciennes). 
  Spotted 
  Sunfish. 
  Recorded 
  by 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Jordan 
  from 
  Sebastian 
  River 
  in 
  1880. 
  

  

  59. 
  Lepomis 
  pallidus 
  (Mitchill). 
  Blue 
  Bream; 
  "Brim." 
  The 
  most 
  common 
  sun- 
  

  

  fish 
  in 
  the 
  fresh-water 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  Indian 
  River. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  from 
  Eau 
  Gallie 
  Creek 
  and 
  numerous 
  examples 
  from 
  South 
  

   Lake, 
  near 
  Titusville. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  Eau 
  Gallie 
  specimens, 
  4J^ 
  inches 
  long, 
  has 
  

   the 
  following 
  characters 
  : 
  Head 
  3 
  ; 
  depth 
  2A 
  ; 
  eye 
  largo, 
  3 
  in 
  head, 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   greater 
  than 
  the 
  snout. 
  D. 
  x, 
  12 
  ; 
  A. 
  iii, 
  11 
  ; 
  scales 
  6-12-14. 
  Fins 
  rather 
  high 
  

   and 
  long; 
  pectorals 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  head; 
  opercular 
  flap 
  short; 
  body 
  

   with 
  faint 
  dark-greenish 
  vertical 
  bars; 
  black 
  blotch 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  posterior 
  

   dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  rays 
  verj^ 
  distinct. 
  

  

  60. 
  Eupomotis 
  holbrooki 
  (Cuvier 
  & 
  Valenciennes). 
  "Bream"; 
  "Brim." 
  Doubt- 
  

  

  less 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  streams 
  fiowing 
  into 
  Indian 
  River. 
  Two 
  si)ecimen8, 
  5^ 
  

   and 
  9 
  inches 
  long, 
  respectively, 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  South 
  Lake, 
  near 
  Titusville. 
  

   Head 
  3; 
  depth 
  2? 
  ; 
  ej'e 
  4, 
  D. 
  X, 
  12; 
  A. 
  iii, 
  11; 
  scales 
  7-4.5-15. 
  

  

  61. 
  Micropterus 
  salmoides 
  (Lacdpcdc). 
  Large-mouthed 
  Black 
  Bass; 
  "Trout." 
  

  

  Obtained 
  in 
  Eau 
  Gallie 
  Creek 
  and 
  South 
  Lake. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  in 
  all 
  

   the 
  fresh 
  waters 
  near 
  Indian 
  River. 
  Dr. 
  Hcnshall 
  obtained 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   Sebastian 
  River. 
  

  

  62. 
  Boleichthys 
  fusiformis 
  (Girard). 
  The 
  only 
  darter 
  ever 
  reported 
  from 
  waters 
  

  

  tributary 
  to 
  Indian 
  River. 
  Dr. 
  Jordan 
  (1884) 
  records 
  it 
  (as 
  Poccilichthya 
  

   barratti) 
  among 
  the 
  species 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Earll 
  near 
  Titusville. 
  

  

  63. 
  Centropomusundecimalis(Bloch). 
  Sergeant-fish; 
  "Snook." 
  Rather 
  commou 
  

  

  in 
  Indian 
  Rivtr, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  food-fish 
  of 
  some 
  

   importance, 
  but 
  is 
  sometimes 
  not 
  utilized 
  if 
  better 
  fish 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  abundance. 
  Dark 
  silvery 
  ; 
  dark-greenish 
  above, 
  becoming 
  silvery 
  along 
  

   the 
  lateralline, 
  with 
  many 
  black 
  punctulations 
  below; 
  head 
  palc-greeuisb 
  

  

  