Giant Fish of Florida 



TRIGGER FISH (Batistes carolinemis) AND ANGEL FISH 

 (Angelichthys isabelitaj 



The trigger fish, like the last species figured, also goes by the 

 name of " leather jacket," and is, as a glance at its general outline 

 will show, a similar type of fish. The trigger fish derives the 

 name from the curious arrangement of its dorsal fin, which lies 

 flat in a socket or slot. It has, like the last, no true scales, but 

 excrescences, which can be plainly seen in the photograph. It 

 is not often taken on a hook. 



The little angel fish is one of the most gaudy inhabitants 

 of those seas, where the usual preponderance of gaily coloured 

 fish is hardly, perhaps, so marked as in some other warm 

 waters. It is found in shoals round wrecks and sunken piles. 

 Blue and yellow, with reddish and brown and olive markings 

 and spots, some varieties of the " angel " are beautiful 

 if somewhat gorgeous fish. If well angled for they can be 

 taken in quantities. These are among the many accidental 

 arrivals in the tarpon fisher's boat, but I have thought it best to 

 give as many photographs of local fish as possible, so that the 

 visitor with a liking for natural history may not be at a loss to 

 identify an occasional strange fish, about which he wants to 

 write to the proper authorities for further information. 



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