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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



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Snapper ; 

 Red Snapper ; 

 Pargo Colorado ; 

 Pargo Guachinango 

 Acara Aya. 



"NEOM^ENIS AYA." 

 "Head 2f ; depth 2f. 



Illustration. 



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Page. 



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D. X, 14 ; A. Ill, 

 9; scales (7) 8-60-15; pores 46. Body 

 rather deep, moderately compressed, the back 

 well elevated, profile steep, and almost straight 

 from snout to nape. Snout rather pointed, 2-f 

 in head ; eye moderate, 5^ in head (larger in young). Interorbital 

 space angulate or strongly convex, 5 in head. Occipital keel rather 

 strong ; preorbital rather broad, 5 in head \ mouth rather large, 

 maxillary reaching front of orbit, 2^ in head ; upper jaw with a 

 narrow band of villiform teeth, outside of which is a row of larger 

 but comparatively small teeth ; 4 canines in front, 2 (sometimes 

 duplicate) of them larger, their length about y$ diameter of eye ; 

 lower jaw with a single row of rather small teeth, usually largest on 

 side of jaw, where some of them are almost canine-like ; within these 

 is a very narrow band of villiform teeth in front of jaw only ; tongue 

 with a broad oval patch of teeth, scarcely twice as broad as long ; 

 in front of this patch is a small irregular patch ; vomer with a broadly 

 arrow-shaped patch, with a rather short backward prolongation on 

 median line, its length about equaling width of patch in front. Gill 

 rakers moderate, their length about j4, diameter of eye, 8 on lower 

 arch. Preopercle with its posterior margin about vertical, its emar- 

 gination deep, its edge rather finely serrate above, coarser at the angle, 

 dentate on the lower border. Scales rather large, the rows horizontal 



