GAME FISH 



FROM the standpoint of a fisherman I 

 divide game fish into two classes namely, 

 the forked-tailed and the square-tailed 

 fishes. 



The former travel great distances, swim 

 rapidly, and are nearly all surface feeders 

 and strong surface fighters. 



The latter dwell on the bottom, are bot- 

 tom feeders, and generally have a local 

 habitat. 



The forked tail has been given to the 

 swordfish, tarpon, bonefish, bluefish, spear- 

 fish, dolphin, and all the pampano, herring, 

 and mackerel tribes. 



The tail is forked for the purpose of leav- 

 ing a free space directly behind the axis of 

 the body where the stream-lines following 

 the sides of the moving fish converge. This 



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