THE FAMILY PERCID.E. 27 



Genus Pogonias. 



The Drum Fish [Pogonias Chromis). 

 Sparidae. 



Genus Sargus. 



The Sheep's-head [Sargus Ovis). 

 Genus Pagrus. 



The Porgee [Pagi'us Argyrops) . 



Scombridae. 



Genus Temnodon. 



The Blue Fish. — Skip- Jack [Temnodon Saltator). 

 L abridge. 



Genus Tautoga. 



The Tautog. — Black Fish [Tautoga Americana). 



These complete the list of those salt-water fish which are of 

 any repute as affording sport to the angler in shoal water ; they 

 may all be taken with the rod and reel, in the bays, mouths of 

 rivers, and shallow inlets along the greater portion of our coast, 

 especially in the vicinity of reefs, the piles of old docks, or the 

 hulls of sunken vessels, around which they are often found in 

 so large shoals, and bite so freely and rapidly, as to afford a 

 very high degree of amusement. Many persons are extremely 

 fond of this kind of fishing, though it cannot sustain a 

 moment's comparison with Trouting, much less Salmon fishing, 

 or indeed with trolling or spinning for the Pike and the Black 

 Bass. 



Several of the above-mentioned fishes are of rare excellence ; 

 the Weak Fish and Blue Fish, when quite fresh out of the 

 water, are not easily surpassed; but the King Fish and the 



