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below; a faint opercular spot. Length about 2 feet. D. VIII-I, 

 26; A.II-I, 22; scutes 35. 



Found on both coasts of tropical America, and extending 

 northward on our east coast to Cape Cod; common in the West 

 Indies and on the west coast of Mexico; also found on the coast 

 of Africa and in most tropical seas; abundant in the Caribbean 

 sea in winter. 



This is the goggler or goggle-eyed jack of the Bermudas and 

 the delta rra of Cuba. In the Bermudas it is a food fish of 

 some importance. In January 1885 a few individuals were 

 seined at the island of Cozumel, off Yucatan. The fish was found 

 to be excellent for the table. 



At Woods Hole Mass., according to Dr Smith, it is common 

 every year from about October 15 to November 15, the individ- 

 uals taken measuring from 4 inches to 6 inches in length. 



July 25, 1901, a single example, about 4 inches long, was picked 

 up dead on the ocean beach opposite Clam Pond cove; one of a 

 number of little fish which had probably been driven ashore by 

 bluefish or some other predatory species, for the fish had recently 

 died, and there had been no storm. Seven species in all were 

 found in a distance of about 2 miles; they were common mackerel, 

 bluefish, mackerel scad, two species of anchovy, young sea her- 

 ring, and the big-eyed scad. 



The big-eyed scad is taken in the fall in Gravesend bay. It 

 was found Aug. 31, 1897, in the surf at Southampton L. I. This 

 fish will not endure close confinement, but will live within suit- 

 able limits of temperature in large bodies of water. In captivity 

 It feeds on small killifish, shrimp, and chopped clams. 



Genus CARAXX Lacepede 



Body ovate or oblong, . compressed, the back sometimes con- 

 siderably elevated, sometimes little arched; head moderate or 

 rather large, more or less compressed; mouth moderate or large, 

 oblique; maxillary broad, with a -well developed supplemental 

 bone, extending to below eye; premaxillaries protractile; teeth 

 developed in one or few series, unequal, or at least not in villi- 

 iorm bands, villiform teeth usually present on vonier, palatines, 



