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The dorsal and anal fins are rigid, and there is a sharp 

 spike just forward of the anal. The curved lateral line from 

 the gill to the centre of the body is continued to the caudal 

 by a line of prickly bones, which form its chief protection. 

 The color of the upper fins is neutral, with a reddish tint ; 

 the lower ones a light ash color. The back of the head is 

 nearly black, the back being dark purple of brownish shade, 

 lighting to the lateral line, below which it is a light rose 

 and azure blended on a most brilliant sheen, descending to a 

 satin-white abdomen. 



The cavallo is very numerous in the saline rivers of Flori- 

 da, and along the coast to the Carolinas. It is a surface-bit- 

 ing fish, forages in shoals, and may be taken on an attractive 

 troll, either metal, pearl, bone, or with red cloth ; but it is 

 well to ornament a bone or metal squid with red silk.% It 

 also affords excellent sport when taken on the usual rod and 

 reel bass tackle. Its fine teeth seldom part tackle, and as it 

 is one of the most active of all food-fishes, it may be properly 



regarded as one of the angler's luxuries. Mr. C very 



properly states that its form is between the dolphin and 

 mackerel, and in taste it resembles the latter. 



LAFAYETTE: THE SPOT. Leiostomus obliquus. 

 This fish is a luxury for both the angler and epicure. It 

 is nearly or quite identical with the little luxury taken in Oc- 

 tober in our waters, and known as the Lafayette, because it 

 made its first appearance in waters about New York the same 

 year that General Lafayette visited America the last time. 

 Its shape is like the porgee, and ornamented with diagonal 



