Giant Fish of Florida 



SILVER MOON FISH OR LOOK DOWN (Selene vomer) 



This eccentric-looking fish is of a beautiful mother-of- 

 pearl tint, and the long ray of the dorsal fin shows the subject 

 of the photograph to be a young fish, for this long growth is 

 shed at a more mature age. The moon fish makes capital bait 

 for tarpon and other large fish, and the wonder is, indeed, 

 that such a species can survive at all, for it is to all appearance 

 both defenceless and slow in its movements. 



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