﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  COASTAL 
  WATERS 
  OF 
  FLORIDA. 
  285 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  almost 
  invariably 
  found 
  in 
  two 
  separate 
  schools. 
  The 
  spawning 
  

   grounds 
  of 
  the 
  kingfish 
  are 
  " 
  down 
  the 
  hay." 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  a 
  great 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  have 
  large 
  roes, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  seldom 
  that 
  one 
  is 
  taken 
  that 
  

   has 
  a 
  roc 
  fully 
  matured. 
  If 
  the 
  weather 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  rold 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  early 
  

   in 
  the 
  fall, 
  the 
  kingfisli 
  will 
  leave 
  before 
  they 
  have 
  spawned, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  during 
  

   such 
  seasons 
  that 
  fish 
  containing 
  ripe 
  spawn 
  are 
  most 
  frequently 
  taken. 
  

  

  32. 
  Spanish 
  Mackerel, 
  Scomberomorus 
  regalis 
  (Bloch) 
  and 
  Scomberomorus 
  maculatua 
  

  

  (Mitchill). 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  occnr 
  at 
  Key 
  West, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  more 
  abundant. 
  

   They 
  are 
  both 
  taken 
  by 
  trolling 
  in 
  the 
  winter. 
  The 
  maximum 
  size 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  12 
  pounds, 
  the 
  average 
  about 
  3 
  pounds. 
  

  

  33. 
  Amber 
  Jack 
  or 
  Amberfish, 
  Sciiola 
  ?a/rt/(f/i 
  Cuvier 
  «.V: 
  Valenciennes. 
  Not 
  uncom- 
  

  

  mon 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  au 
  important 
  iish. 
  Maximum 
  size 
  80 
  pounds 
  or 
  more, 
  

   average 
  about 
  35 
  pounds. 
  Caught 
  chiefly 
  ))y 
  trolliug. 
  

  

  34. 
  Almicore 
  or 
  "Almaco," 
  ^trioJa 
  dumeriU 
  (Risso). 
  Perhaps 
  scarcely 
  as 
  comuion 
  

  

  as 
  the 
  preceding. 
  Maximum 
  size 
  25 
  pounds, 
  average 
  8 
  jiounds. 
  Taken 
  in 
  

   the 
  winter 
  by 
  trolling. 
  

  

  35. 
  Jack, 
  ('arnnx 
  hippos 
  (Linnseus). 
  C'onmion 
  in 
  winter. 
  Reaches 
  a 
  weight 
  of 
  3 
  or 
  

  

  ■1 
  pounds. 
  It 
  is 
  taken 
  either 
  by 
  trolling 
  or 
  bottom 
  fishing. 
  

  

  36. 
  Runner, 
  Caranx 
  crysos 
  (Mitchill). 
  Common 
  in 
  winter 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  

  

  caught 
  in 
  same 
  way. 
  

  

  37. 
  Horse-eye 
  Jack, 
  Caranx 
  latus 
  Agassiz. 
  Perhaps 
  more 
  common 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  species. 
  Goes 
  in 
  schools 
  and 
  is 
  taken 
  by 
  trolling. 
  

  

  38. 
  Moonfish, 
  Sc/eHci'ome?- 
  (Linnaeus). 
  Not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  winter. 
  Reaches 
  a 
  weight 
  

  

  of 
  2 
  pounds 
  and 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  an 
  excellent 
  fish. 
  The 
  average 
  weight 
  is 
  a 
  

   half 
  pound 
  or 
  less. 
  

  

  39. 
  Fompauo, 
  Trachinotns 
  caroUnus 
  (Linn;eus). 
  The 
  pompano 
  is 
  taken 
  about 
  Key 
  

  

  West 
  only 
  in 
  winter, 
  when 
  the 
  cold 
  weather 
  drives 
  it 
  south. 
  It 
  reaches 
  a 
  

   weight 
  here 
  of 
  about 
  5 
  pounds, 
  the 
  average 
  being 
  about 
  li 
  pounds. 
  It 
  is 
  

   taken 
  by 
  hook 
  and 
  line 
  and 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  regarded 
  as 
  an 
  excellent 
  food-fish. 
  

  

  40. 
  Permit, 
  Trachinotns 
  goodci 
  Jordan 
  »fc 
  Evermann. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  

  

  common 
  at 
  Key 
  West. 
  It 
  reaches 
  a 
  weight 
  of 
  40 
  pounds, 
  the 
  average 
  being 
  

   about 
  8 
  pounds. 
  It 
  is 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  both 
  by 
  hook 
  and 
  line 
  and 
  seine. 
  

   The 
  "permit" 
  of 
  Indian 
  River 
  is 
  Trachinotns 
  falcatus, 
  a 
  ditt'erent 
  species. 
  

  

  41. 
  Bluefisli, 
  Pomatomus 
  saUatrix 
  (Ijinnvens). 
  The 
  blnefish 
  is 
  not 
  common 
  at, 
  Key 
  

  

  West. 
  It 
  is 
  taken 
  by 
  trolling. 
  The 
  maximum 
  size 
  is 
  6 
  pounds, 
  the 
  average 
  

   about 
  3 
  pounds. 
  

  

  42. 
  Black 
  Angel, 
  Pomacanthus 
  arcnatus 
  (Linnseus). 
  Not 
  uncommon. 
  Reaches 
  a 
  

  

  weight 
  of 
  6 
  pounds, 
  or 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  2 
  pounds. 
  Found 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   year. 
  

  

  43. 
  Yellow 
  Angel, 
  Angelichthtjs 
  ciliaris 
  (Liunpeus). 
  Perhaps 
  luore 
  common 
  tlian 
  tlie 
  

  

  preceding. 
  Reaches 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  size. 
  

  

  44. 
  Tang, 
  Tenfhis 
  hcpatns 
  Linna'us. 
  Not 
  uncommon. 
  Reaches 
  a 
  weight 
  of 
  2 
  ]tounds. 
  

  

  This 
  and 
  two 
  other 
  si)ecies 
  of 
  tang 
  (l)lue 
  tang, 
  Tcuihis 
  ca 
  miens, 
  and 
  the 
  ocean 
  

   tang, 
  Tciithis 
  bahianns) 
  are 
  often 
  taken 
  wnth 
  the 
  "grain" 
  or 
  in 
  traps. 
  

  

  45. 
  Common 
  Mullet 
  or 
  Callifavor 
  Mullet, 
  MikjH 
  cephalus 
  Liuna-us. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  nu)st 
  abundant 
  and 
  most 
  important 
  mullet 
  found 
  at 
  Key 
  West. 
  Others 
  are 
  

   the 
  blueback 
  or 
  white 
  mullet 
  { 
  Mugil 
  curema) 
  and 
  the 
  I'antail 
  nuillet 
  {Mmjil 
  

   irichodon). 
  A 
  fourth 
  species, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  red-eye 
  mullet 
  (.l/H.'/i/ 
  </«/»M'n(/i- 
  

   anus), 
  also 
  occurs 
  there, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  abundance. 
  The 
  mullets 
  are 
  most 
  common 
  

   at 
  Key 
  West 
  in 
  the 
  winter, 
  when 
  considerable 
  ([uantities 
  are 
  taken. 
  They 
  

   are 
  far 
  less 
  abundant 
  here, 
  however, 
  than 
  on 
  either 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  mainland. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  many 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  fishes 
  found 
  at 
  Key 
  West 
  whicli 
  are 
  

   used 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  k^ss 
  extent 
  as 
  food. 
  Among 
  them 
  are 
  the 
  bonetish 
  

   {Albula 
  vulpes), 
  tenpounder 
  {Flops 
  saurus), 
  havriicuda 
  {S2)hyr(vna 
  harra- 
  

  

  