Giant Fish of Florida 



SURF WHITING (Menticirrhus littoralis) AND MANGROVE 

 SNAPPER (Neomaenis spec.} 



The surf whiting, as its name implies, frequents the surf, 

 where it is caught like so many others on that coast ; it takes 

 mullet as bait. 



The snapper, which is one of a very large group, derives 

 its distinctive name from the fact of the young, and sometimes 

 the grown fish as well, being found feeding in the neighbour- 

 hood of the mangroves. 



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