ON THE EAST C0AS7 OF FLORIDA. 



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26. 



BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS. 



Illustration. Page. 



195 433 



Menhaden ; 

 mossbunker 

 Bony-fish ; 

 Whitefish ; 

 Bugfish ; 

 Fatback ; 



POGY. 



"Head, 31; depth, 3. D. 19; A. 20; lateral 

 line, 60 to 80 ; ventral plates, 20 + 12. Head rather 

 short and heavy ; fins comparatively short, the height 

 of the dorsal less than the length of the maxillary ; 

 height of anal less than half the length of the maxillary ; 

 pectorals not reaching to ventrals ; dorsal inserted 

 slightly behind ventrals, about midway between snout 

 and base of caudal ; scales moderate, strongly serrated, arranged very 

 irregularly, those before dorsal strongly pectinate ; operculum strongly 

 striated or almost smooth (Var. Aurea); gill rakers much longer than 

 eye. Bluish above ; sides silvery, with a strong brassy luster ; fins 

 usually yellowish ; a conspicuous dark scapular blotch, behind which 

 are often smaller spots. Length, 18 inches." 



Caught in cast nets at Mosquito Inlet, and used as bait. Very 

 plentiful in October and November. Several species, I give only two. 



27. "BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS PATRONUS." Not illustrated. 434 



Menhaden; Caught in cast net and used as bait all along 



•Gulf Menhaden. the CQast> 



