The White Sea-bass 31 



Jorgas Bay there is a very high tide, and behind 

 the flood follow the schools of white sea-bass 

 which have been named by Dr. Gilbert after Mr. 

 Marshall Macdonald, United States Commissioner 

 of Fish and Fisheries. The marked difference 

 between the two fishes that would be noticed by 

 the angler appears to be that in the latter the 

 snout is sharp, while in C. nobilis the head is 

 long, snout long and sharp. In C. macdonaldi 

 there are about fifty-five pores ; in nobilis, seventy 

 or eighty. 



The Gulf bass is the giant of its tribe, and 

 can be found in vast numbers on the shores 

 of the east coast, even entering the mouth of 

 the Colorado River. The young are dusky and 

 silvery, and instead of stripes, as in nobilis, have, 

 according to Dr. Gilbert, " coarse black specks 

 along the lower part of the head and sides," 

 there being no disposition to form streaks or 

 bands. It is caught at San Jorgas Bay in April 

 and May, and according to Dr. Gilbert is not 

 known at Guaymas in summer, having probably 

 migrated far up the Gulf, where vast schools 

 of mullet afford an ample food supply. The 

 angler who desires to take this fish will find 

 San Jorgas hot in summer, but pleasant in the 



