The Yellowtail 149 



especially boiled, it is excellent, and in any other 

 section of the country would have a decided 

 economic value. 



The genus is well represented on the Atlantic 

 and Gulf coasts of America by several fine game 

 fishes. One, the amber- jack, Seriola lalandi, 

 deserves especial mention. I have landed but a 

 single specimen, which weighed forty or more 

 pounds, taken at Long Key, outer Florida reef, 

 since, I understand, washed away by a hurricane. 

 The fish attains a weight of one hundred pounds 

 and a length of six feet, and is a vigorous fighter. 

 An acquaintance who caught one of these fishes 

 weighing eighty pounds, at Palm Beach, informed 

 me that he fought the fish two hours before it 

 was brought to gaff. The amber-jack ranges 

 from the region of the equator to New York, but 

 is most common from Cape Florida to Key West, 

 at least most available to the angler. Many are 

 caught with hand-lines and mullet bait. 



A smaller yellowtail, also called amber-jack, is 

 found along the Gulf coast of Florida and down 

 the keys, frequenting deeper water, and is occa- 

 sionally taken when grouper fishing. There is 

 another yellowtail, not to be confused with the 

 above, yet essentially the yellowtail of the reef, 



