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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



you may be fishing with for better fish south of Indian River Inlet, but 

 mostly among the Keys. When unfortunate enough to hook one, cut 

 the line a foot or so above him and let him go. Non-edible. 



Snake Eel. 



Illustration. Page. 



15. "VERMA KENDALLI." 159 159a 375 



Worm Eel. 



16. 



AHLIA EGMONTIS." 



158 370 



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Moray, Spotted; 17. " LYCODONTIS MORINGA." 171 395 



Hamlet. 



18. " LYCODONTIS FUNEBRIS." No illustration. 396 



Moray Black- " Tail a little longer than head and trunk. Teeth 



Morena Verde, uniserial in the jaws in the adults ; teeth on vomer 

 uniserial (var. ? erebus), or biserial (funebris); long, 

 depressible canines on front of vomer; eye 2 to 2fe in snout, above 

 middle of gape ; cleft of mouth 2^ in head ; head 2}£ in trunk. 

 Color, dark olive brown, nearly plain, paler on throat, sometimes 

 with very faint darker marblings ; dorsal and anal fins with dark 

 lines running longitudinally ; belly without black transverse lines. 

 Jaws not completely closing. The largest of our eels, reaching 5 or 

 6 feet or more ; extremely ferocious. ' ' 



These last four species to be treated the same as the Conger Eel. 



