﻿[43] 
  THE 
  GULF 
  FISHING 
  GROUNDS 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  259 
  

  

  in 
  fishes 
  in 
  the 
  Havana 
  market) 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  of 
  fishes 
  which 
  are 
  

   received 
  in 
  Havana 
  from 
  Key 
  West, 
  either 
  living 
  or 
  preserved 
  in 
  ice: 
  

  

  •' 
  1. 
  Ciierna 
  = 
  Epinephelm 
  morio 
  (C. 
  & 
  V.) 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  Pargo 
  gauchinango 
  = 
  Lutjanus 
  campechianus 
  Poey. 
  

  

  "3. 
  Pez 
  Perro 
  = 
  Lachnolcemus 
  suillus 
  C. 
  & 
  V. 
  

  

  " 
  4. 
  Aguaji. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  Aguaji 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  two 
  species, 
  both 
  of 
  

   which 
  grow 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  size, 
  viz, 
  Trisotropis 
  brunneus 
  Poey 
  and 
  Trisotropis 
  

   aguaji 
  Poey. 
  The 
  species 
  here 
  meant 
  I 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  former. 
  

  

  " 
  5. 
  Jallao 
  — 
  JIamiulon 
  album 
  C. 
  & 
  V. 
  

  

  " 
  6. 
  Bajonado 
  = 
  Calamus 
  bajonado 
  (Bloch). 
  

  

  "7. 
  Rabirruba 
  = 
  Ocyurus 
  chrysurus 
  (Bloch). 
  

  

  "8. 
  Biajaiba 
  = 
  Lutjanus 
  synagris 
  L. 
  (uninotatus 
  C. 
  & 
  V.) 
  

  

  "9. 
  Caballerote 
  = 
  Lutjanus 
  cabellerote 
  Poey. 
  (Vide 
  Poey, 
  Enu- 
  

   merate, 
  in 
  Anal. 
  Soc. 
  Esp. 
  de 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  IV, 
  100.) 
  

  

  "10. 
  Cabrilla. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  Cabra 
  {Cobra 
  mora) 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  Epi- 
  

   neplielus 
  punctatus 
  Bloch 
  (syn. 
  maculatus, 
  atlanticus, 
  nigriculus, 
  pixanga, 
  

   impetiginosus 
  (vide 
  Poey 
  Anal. 
  Soc. 
  Esp. 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  IV, 
  91). 
  There 
  is 
  

   also 
  a 
  Cabrilla 
  (diminutive 
  of 
  Cabra), 
  Epineplielus 
  lunulatus 
  (syn. 
  catus 
  

   Yal.). 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  which 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  may 
  be 
  meant. 
  

  

  " 
  11. 
  Sierra 
  = 
  Cybium 
  caballa 
  C. 
  & 
  V. 
  

  

  " 
  12. 
  Sargo. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  Sargos. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  one 
  here 
  

   intended 
  is 
  Sargus 
  caribccus 
  Poey. 
  Besides 
  these 
  I 
  have 
  myself 
  observed 
  

   the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  13. 
  Promicrops 
  guasa 
  Poey. 
  

  

  " 
  14. 
  Trisotropis 
  falcatus 
  Poey. 
  

  

  "15. 
  Trisotropis 
  petrosus 
  Poey."* 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  of 
  fishing 
  in 
  such 
  shallow 
  water 
  is 
  to 
  catch 
  the 
  so-called 
  

   " 
  hardy 
  " 
  groupers 
  and 
  other 
  fishes 
  that 
  will 
  live 
  in 
  a 
  well 
  very 
  much 
  

   better 
  than 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  deeper 
  water. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fact 
  fully 
  es- 
  

   tablished, 
  1 
  believe, 
  that 
  fish 
  taken 
  from 
  considerable 
  depths 
  ami 
  brought 
  

   to 
  the 
  surface, 
  where 
  the 
  pressure 
  is 
  less, 
  and 
  other 
  conditions 
  some- 
  

   what 
  different, 
  will 
  die 
  much 
  quicker 
  in 
  a 
  smack's 
  well 
  than 
  those 
  

   caught 
  in 
  shallower 
  water. 
  At 
  the 
  best, 
  great 
  care 
  must 
  be 
  exercised 
  

   to 
  prevent 
  the 
  fish 
  from 
  dying, 
  since, 
  if 
  the 
  vessel 
  lays 
  perfectly 
  still 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  tide 
  way, 
  the 
  circulation 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  well 
  is 
  often 
  

   practically 
  stopped, 
  and 
  consequently 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  danger 
  

   of 
  being 
  suffocated. 
  This 
  is 
  more 
  liable 
  to 
  happen 
  when 
  flat 
  fish, 
  like 
  

   halibut, 
  for 
  instance, 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  well, 
  since 
  these 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   the 
  vessel 
  and 
  cover 
  up 
  the 
  holes 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  enters. 
  Of 
  

   course, 
  in 
  a 
  sea 
  way, 
  when 
  the 
  vessel 
  is 
  in 
  motion, 
  ample 
  circulation 
  is 
  

   obtained. 
  To 
  secure 
  this 
  in 
  calm 
  weather, 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  smack 
  

   fishermen, 
  particularly 
  those 
  from 
  Gloucester, 
  when 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  hal- 
  

   ibut 
  fishery 
  forty 
  years 
  ago, 
  generally 
  " 
  bailed 
  out 
  the 
  well," 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  

   called 
  ; 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  crew 
  kept 
  busy 
  dipping 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  well 
  in 
  buck- 
  

  

  * 
  Translation 
  of 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Professor 
  Poey, 
  by 
  Prof. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Jordan, 
  Vol. 
  

   2, 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  page 
  118. 
  

  

  