POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 33 



Thrasher, Sprat, Whitebait, etc.): Caught on 

 the artificial fly in the spring, in salt rivers of 

 the Atlantic coast. Is common in the Albe- 

 marle, Chesapeake, Ogeechee, and St. John's 

 rivers and off the coasts of Maine and Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Herring, Pacific : Caught all along the coast 

 the same as the Atlantic Herring, which it re- 

 sembles in size, appearance, and quality. Is 

 abundant northward. Puget Sound and San 

 Francisco Bay are fairly alive with it in the 

 summer time. Attains a length of about a 

 foot. 



Herring, Pogy (Menhaden, Pogie, Pogy, 

 Hard-Head, Pookagan, Poghaden, Hard-Head 

 Shad, Bony-Fish, White-Fish, Mossbunker, 

 Bunker, Marshbanker, Alewife, Bay Alewife, 

 Pilcher, Green-Tail, Bug-Fish, Bughead, Bug- 

 Shad, Fat-Back, Yellow-Tail, Yellow-Tail 

 Shad, Shiner, Herring, Savega, American Sar- 

 dine, American Club- Fish, Shadine, Ocean 

 Trout, etc.) : Caught in schools on the surface 

 in bays and inlets and in the open ocean during 

 the summer in the coastal waters of all the 

 Atlantic States from Maine to Florida, in 

 winter only south of Cape Hatteras. Has 

 mouth bristles instead of teeth. Feeds upon 

 vegetable matter, minute crustaceans, and the 

 sediment of bay bottoms, containing organic 

 matter. Is the most abundant species of fish 

 on the eastern coast of the United States, and 

 is the principal food of the larger salt water 

 fishes striped bass, bluefish, squeteague, pol- 

 lock, cod, garfish, swordfish, whiting, horse 

 mackerel, shark, whale, dolphin, bayonet-fish, 

 bonito, etc. The Menhaden is phosphorescent 

 at night. 



Hog-Fish: Caught on medium tackle 

 abundantly at Key West and along the 

 Florida coral reefs. Is a brilliant red in color. 

 Weighs up to fifteen pounds. 



Horse-Fish (Moonfish, Humpbacked Butter- 

 fish, Sunfish, Jorobado, Blunt-nosed Shiner, 

 Pug-nosed Shiner, etc.): Caught on light 

 tackle with bits of clam, crab, and worm bait 

 in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of California, 

 and southward along the coast of Panama. 



