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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



some of these between eyes and on neck, the most distinct blotch 

 forming an hour-glass-shaped figure, extending down each side of 

 the back ; similar blotches on belly and tail ; dorsal with a submar- 

 ginal dark band." Non-edible. 



36. 



HIPPOCAMPUS ZOSTERS. 



Illustration. Page. 



328 778 



Sea-horse. 



This is a small fish, resembling a horse, caught in net. 

 One was caught on my boat, with landing net, at Jewfish 

 Creek, winter of 1900. Weight, j£ pound. Of no value except as 

 a curiosity. Non-edible. 







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MUGIL CEPHALUS." 



343 



811 



Mullet ; 

 Common Mullet 

 Striped Mullet 

 Cefalo ; 

 Macho ; 

 Machuto ; 

 Lisa Cabezuda. 



"Head 4\ (J>yi in total with caudal) ; depth 

 3f (5 in total). D. IV-I, 8 ; A. Ill, 8 (very rarely 

 III, 7) ; scales 41-13. Body rather robust, some- 

 what compressed, its depth moderate ; snout rather 

 narrow and acutish, its upper profile little less 

 oblique than lower ; interorbital space slightly 

 convex, 2f in head ; upper lip rather thin ; space 

 at the chin between the mandibulary bones oblanceolate, acutish 

 posteriorly ; preorbital narrow, not nearly covering the maxillary ; 

 eyes hidden anteriorly and posteriorly by a broad adipose membrane ; 

 teeth close-set, rather small, but evident ; scales rather small ; about 

 23 large scales between origin of dorsal and tip of snout ; scales on 

 top of head slightly enlarged ; soft dorsal and anal with very few scales ; 

 first dorsal spine usually a little more than half head, its length sub- 

 ject to some variation ; margin of soft dorsal concave, the seventh 

 ray shortest, 2j4 times in length of second or longest ray; anal 



