Moon-fish; Jorobado 



Moonfish; Jorobado 



Vomer setipinnis (Mitchill) 



This species is found on both coasts of tropical America, from 

 Brazil to Maine, and Peru to Cape San Lucas. It is generally 

 common southward, only the young usually coming northward 

 in the Gulf Stream. It reaches a length of nearly a foot, and is 

 an excellent little food-fish. 



Colour, greenish above, golden or silvery below; young with 

 a black blotch at origin of straight part of lateral line. 



Corcobado 



Vomer gabonensis Guichenot 



The corcobado is a fish that was but little known until the 

 recent investigations by the U. S. Fish Commission in Porto Rico, 

 when numerous specimens were obtained. It is now known from 

 Brazil, San Domingo, Jamaica, and Porto Rico; also from the 

 west coast of Africa. It attains a length of 8 or 9 inches, and 

 is a good food-fish. From V. setipinnis, which it resembles, it 

 may be distinguished by the much deeper body, larger eye, 

 greater elevation of the occipital region, and the more nearly 

 vertical anterior profile. The young of the two species resemble 

 each other more closely. At a length of 4 inches the difference 



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