196 SPINY-FINNED FISHES 



tropical waters and the Tuna. It is a large and showy fish, 

 colored silvery white and dark metallic-blue, and no cruise 

 in Floridian or Cuban waters is complete without it. It is a 





THE SPANISH MACKEREL. 



favorite in all markets reached by it, and in flavor it is a fair 

 rival of the bluefish. 



To every sportsman the finest thing about this fish is 

 the catching of it, on a one-hundred-foot line and a hook 

 baited with that least appetizing of all baits this side of angle- 



