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Pollock, Alaska (Beshow, Coal-Fish, etc.): 

 Caught in deep water on Pollock bait and 

 tackle from Monterey to Behring's Straits. 

 Measures up to two feet in length. 



Pompano : Caught but rarely with hook and 

 line, on clam bait with light rod and tackle. 

 Occurs in both Atlantic and Pacific waters, 

 ranging on our eastern coast north to Cape 

 Cod, south to Jamaica, east to the Bermudas 

 and west in the Gulf of Mexico, and appearing 

 in southern Massachusetts in June and July. 

 Is found on the South Florida coast all the 

 year. Four species occur in the Atlantic and 

 three in the Pacific waters. 



Pompano, African (Permit) : Caught in the 

 Gulf of Mexico, mostly along the Florida 

 coast. Weighs up to twenty pounds. 



Pompano, Banner (Gall-Topsail, etc.) : 

 Caught in Florida, the Bahamas, the Bermu- 

 das, and the West Indies. 



Pompano, California : Caught on light tackle 

 with worm, crab, and clam bait on the entire 

 coast of California and Oregon in the summer 

 and fall. Is abundant about Santa Barbara 

 and Soquel. Weighs up to half a pound. 



Pompano, Round (Shore Pompano, Alewife, 

 etc.) : Caught in the North and South Atlantic 

 and various parts of the Indian Ocean. Small 

 specimens have been taken about Vineyard 

 Haven, Mass., and Beaufort, S. C. 



Puff-Fish (Sea Rabbitt, Rabbitt-Fish, Blow- 

 Fish, etc.) : Caught on light tackle and nearly 

 all bottom baits from Massachusetts south- 

 ward. Fills itself with air when taken out of 

 the water and swells to the size of a toy 

 balloon. Is of milk-white color. 



Rasher: Caught on small-fish bait in water 

 of moderate depth from Santa Barbara to San 

 Francisco. Weighs up to ten pounds. 



Ravallia (Snook, Robalo, Ravaljo, Ravallie, 

 etc.): Caught on medium tackle with small- 

 fish bait from Florida to Rio Janeiro in. the 

 Atlantic, and from the Gulf of California to at 



