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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  above, 
  silvery 
  on 
  sides, 
  white 
  T)elo\v 
  ; 
  black 
  8tri2)08 
  alons^ 
  lateral 
  Hue, 
  very 
  

   plain; 
  dorsals, 
  aual, 
  and 
  ])ectoialH 
  olivaceous; 
  A^entinls 
  pale 
  lemon 
  ; 
  caudal 
  

   olivaceous; 
  lower 
  lobe 
  darker. 
  

  

  64. 
  Proniicrops 
  guttatus 
  (Linuanis). 
  " 
  droiiper" 
  ; 
  Cruaza; 
  Spotted 
  Jnvjisli. 
  Prob- 
  

  

  ably 
  not 
  nncommon. 
  Four 
  youujj; 
  examples 
  obtained 
  from 
  Indian 
  Kiver 
  

   Inlet. 
  They 
  measure 
  If, 
  2|, 
  2, 
  anil 
  3 
  iuches 
  respectively. 
  D.xi, 
  15; 
  A.m. 
  8. 
  

   A 
  fresh 
  example 
  showed 
  the 
  following 
  life 
  colors: 
  Dark 
  olivaceous, 
  with 
  

   somewhat 
  regular 
  darker 
  vertical 
  bars; 
  tirst 
  bar 
  most 
  indefinite 
  and 
  just 
  

   back 
  of 
  the 
  gill-opening; 
  the 
  second 
  under 
  last 
  four 
  dorsal 
  si^ines 
  and 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  tirst 
  above 
  pectorals; 
  third 
  extends 
  from 
  third 
  to 
  seventh 
  soit 
  

   dorsal 
  ray 
  and 
  divided 
  to 
  inclose 
  a])aler 
  spot 
  ; 
  fourth 
  bar 
  under 
  the 
  last 
  seven 
  

   dorsal 
  rays 
  and 
  continued 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  fin; 
  fifth 
  bar 
  on 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  

   and 
  inclosing 
  a 
  pale 
  spot 
  below. 
  Anterior 
  part 
  of 
  body, 
  opercles, 
  cheeks, 
  

   upper 
  jaw, 
  and 
  top 
  of 
  head, 
  with 
  some 
  round 
  black 
  spots 
  varying 
  from 
  one- 
  

   sixteenth 
  to 
  one-eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Somewhat 
  similar, 
  paler 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  j-ectorals, 
  arranged 
  in 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  definite 
  vertical 
  

   rows. 
  Under 
  parts 
  pale, 
  dirty 
  olivaceous; 
  dorsal 
  membrane 
  dirty 
  oliva- 
  

   ceous, 
  black 
  margined 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  black 
  spots; 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  irregular 
  rows 
  of 
  dark 
  spots; 
  caudal 
  similar. 
  Anal 
  dark 
  olivaceous; 
  

   ventrals 
  similar. 
  Inside 
  of 
  mouth 
  flesh-colored. 
  Eye 
  greenish. 
  

  

  65. 
  Lobotes 
  surinamensis 
  (Bloch). 
  Flasher; 
  Triple-tail. 
  Not 
  common 
  in 
  Indian 
  

  

  River 
  and 
  not 
  well 
  known 
  by 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  ; 
  apparently 
  most 
  frequent 
  

   in 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  It 
  attains 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  3 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  

   weight 
  of 
  25 
  or 
  30 
  pounds, 
  but 
  those 
  taken 
  in 
  Indian 
  Kiver 
  are 
  usually 
  much 
  

   smaller. 
  

  

  66. 
  Neonisenis 
  griseus 
  (Linnieus). 
  Marujrove 
  Snapper. 
  A 
  common 
  and 
  important 
  

  

  species 
  from 
  Fort 
  Pierce 
  southward. 
  The 
  following 
  life 
  colors 
  were 
  exhib- 
  

   ited 
  by 
  fresh 
  examples 
  examined 
  at 
  Fort 
  Pierce: 
  Back, 
  down 
  to 
  lateral 
  line, 
  

   dark-greenish, 
  with 
  lighter 
  on 
  margin 
  of 
  scales 
  ; 
  scales 
  with 
  co])pery 
  centers, 
  

   very 
  faint 
  on 
  anterior 
  part, 
  brightest 
  under 
  the 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  and 
  on 
  side 
  of 
  

   caudal 
  peduncle; 
  scales 
  of 
  middle 
  side 
  rich 
  iridescent 
  copper 
  on 
  anterior 
  

   half, 
  then 
  a 
  narrower 
  paler 
  streak; 
  next 
  a 
  greenish-white 
  margin, 
  this 
  

   margin 
  jjlaiuer 
  posteriorly. 
  

  

  Another 
  specimen 
  had 
  the 
  belly 
  pale 
  rosy; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  dark-greenish; 
  

   cheeks 
  and 
  opercles 
  iridescent 
  greenish, 
  becoming 
  coppery 
  below 
  and 
  on 
  

   lower 
  mandible; 
  preopercular 
  flap 
  iridescent 
  greenish; 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  dark- 
  

   greenish, 
  with 
  wine-colored 
  margin 
  fringed 
  with 
  black; 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  rays 
  

   whitish, 
  membranes 
  black; 
  anal 
  rosy 
  purple; 
  the 
  fine 
  scales 
  on 
  membrane 
  

   greenish 
  ; 
  caudal 
  very 
  dark 
  purplish 
  ; 
  pectorals 
  uniform 
  pale 
  ; 
  ventrals 
  white, 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  purplish 
  ; 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  axils 
  ; 
  pectorals 
  dusky 
  in 
  the 
  axils 
  ; 
  eye 
  

   coppery 
  ; 
  mouth 
  white 
  inside. 
  

  

  67. 
  Neomaenis 
  synagris 
  (Linnfeus). 
  Lane 
  Snapper. 
  Two 
  young 
  examples, 
  2^ 
  and 
  

  

  3^ 
  inches 
  long, 
  respectively, 
  obtained 
  at 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet. 
  Not 
  linown 
  to 
  

   the 
  fishermen. 
  

  

  68. 
  Neomaenis 
  apoda 
  (Walbaum). 
  Schoolmaster. 
  Eight 
  young 
  examples, 
  li 
  to 
  2^ 
  

  

  inches 
  long, 
  from 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet. 
  D. 
  X, 
  13 
  or 
  14; 
  A. 
  in, 
  7; 
  scales 
  

   6-44-12. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  69. 
  Hcemulon 
  macrcstoma 
  Guuther. 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet, 
  January 
  23, 
  1896, 
  five 
  

  

  specimens, 
  IJ 
  to 
  2 
  inches 
  long. 
  D. 
  xii, 
  17; 
  A. 
  in, 
  8; 
  scales 
  50. 
  

  

  70. 
  Anisotremus 
  surinamensis 
  (Bloch). 
  Pompon. 
  A 
  fine 
  example, 
  15 
  inches 
  in 
  

  

  total 
  length, 
  obtained 
  from 
  Capt. 
  Joseph 
  Smith 
  at 
  Fort 
  Pierce. 
  

  

  Head 
  S\; 
  depth. 
  2i; 
  eye 
  4i; 
  snout 
  2|; 
  maxillary 
  3. 
  D. 
  xii, 
  16; 
  A. 
  iii, 
  8 
  

   or 
  9; 
  scales 
  5-50-13. 
  Body 
  deep, 
  back 
  elevated, 
  greatly 
  compressed, 
  pro- 
  

   file 
  steep, 
  nearly 
  straight 
  from 
  snout 
  to 
  above 
  eye, 
  a 
  slight 
  depression 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  nostril 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  iuterorbital 
  space 
  ; 
  from 
  iuterorbital 
  space 
  to 
  

   dorsal 
  strongly 
  arched 
  in 
  a 
  broad 
  curve. 
  Head 
  moderate 
  ; 
  cheek 
  deep 
  ; 
  mouth 
  

   rather 
  small; 
  jaws 
  subequal, 
  maxillary 
  barely 
  reaching 
  front 
  of 
  orbit; 
  ven- 
  

  

  