ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 



67 



He is a game fish and gives fine sport. Edible, C. Is barely an edi- 

 ble fish, but some folks like him. 



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Illustration. Page. 



56. "SELENE VOMER." 393 936 



"Head 3 ; long dorsal rays 2 ; pectoral 

 ; 2j{ ; long anal rays 223 ; depth 1^, the 

 young much deeper. D.VII-I, 23 ; A. II— I, 

 18. Anterior profile from tip of snout to 

 occiput almost perfectly straight in the adult. 

 Diameter of eye, length of opercle, and dis- 

 tance from eye to profile about equal ; eye 2 

 in maxillary, 2^ in preorbital ; mandibles very deep, the dentary 



moonfish ; 



Blunt-nosed Shiner ; 

 Jorobado ; 

 horsefish ; 

 Look Down ; 

 Old Man of the Sea 

 Silver Moonfish ; 

 horsehead. 



