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elongate, its dorsal and ventral outlines equal ; profile straight from 

 snout to dorsal ; head small and pointed ; mouth large, oblique, jaws 

 equal ; maxillary reaching posterior margin of orbit ; teeth large, 

 compressed and sharp, their formula being 24-24 to 32-32; gill rakers 

 2 -f- 11 j soft dorsal inserted in advance of anal a distance about 

 equal to diameter of eye ; lateral line undulating, with about 175 

 pores. Color silvery, bluish above ; sides with many elliptical spots 

 of dull orange color, two rows of these spots below lateral line and 

 one row above ; spinous dorsal white at base, black above ; soft 

 dorsal tinged with yellowish, its margins black ; anal white ; posterior 

 side of pectoral black, anterior side yellowish with black borders ; 

 caudal blackish." Weight to 12 pounds; average, 2 to 3 pounds. 



Caught, usually, trolling with Mackerel squid, spoon, red and white 

 rag, or fish bait. The squid preferred. Piano wire leader eighteen 

 inches, hand line ; or if you are in a school outside, rod and reel trol- 

 ling, or floating in rowboat, or from sailboat or launch. Caught out- 

 side and inside at Indian River Inlet and Gilbert's Bar, mostly out- 

 side ; Biscayne Bay, outside, and usually fewer inside, but some 

 seasons good success inside. The fish change location from year to 

 year. See " Indian River Inlet," " Biscayne Bay," and " Miami," 

 in this book. A very gamy fish on rod and reel. Edible A. 



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44. "SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA." Not illustrated. 875 



Kingfish ; " Head 5 ; depth 6 ; eye large, 2 in snout. D. XV-I, 



Cavalla : 15-VIII; A. II, 15-VIII. Mouth large, maxillary reaching 

 Cero ; to b e i ow e y e ■ lateral line descending abruptly below the 



„ second dorsal ; teeth triangular, strongly compressed, 



Pintado. ° ' . ° J I ' 



about 30 on each jaw ; pectoral 5 in body. Gill rakers 

 very short, less than jA, diameter of eye, about 8 below the 

 angle. Adult iron gray, nearly or quite immaculate ; young with 

 the sides of body marked with darker yellowish spots ; spinous dor- 

 sal without black blotch anteriorly." Weight up to 100 pounds; 

 average about 15 pounds off Lake Worth and Biscayne Bay; at Key 

 West, about 10 pounds. 



Caught by trolling, hand line y^, Kingfish squid, with copper, or 

 piano wire leader, LS-in.; or rod and reel, Tarpon rig, 21 line, 10$ 

 hook. Caught from Lake Worth to Key West, all outside. Bait : 

 Whole or cut Mullet or other small fish, alive or dead. Fine sport 



