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113. "DIPLODUS HOLBROOKII." 555 1362 



Sheepshead, Holbrook. The Sheepshead run in weight to 15 pounds; 



average, 3 to 4 pounds. Caught : Rod and 



reel or hand line, 18—21 line, sinker, fish on bottom, Virginia hook. 



Bait : Fiddlers, Sea Crab, Oyster Crab, or other Crustacea. Edible, B. 



114. "GERRES OLISTHOSTOMUS." 557 1376 



Irish Pompano ; "Head 3; depth 2. D. IX, 10; A. Ill, 8; 



Mutton-fish. scales 5_3 7 _ 9i Body rhomboid, short and deep, 



the back elevated, the anterior profile short and very steep ; mouth 

 rather large ; teeth slender, brush-like ; preorbital entire ; preopercle 

 and interopercle serrate ; groove on top of head, for reception of 

 premaxillaries, broad, rounded behind, with a median linear depres- 

 sion, its surface completely covered with small deciduous scales which 

 extend forward to just behind nostrils. Eye moderate. Gill rakers 

 small, about 14 on lower part of arch. Dorsal spines high and strong, 

 the second nearly or quite as long as head ; second anal spine very 

 strong, ]/? or more length of head ; third spine slightly longer than 

 second and very slender ; caudal lobes long and slender, a little 

 longer than head ; pectoral long, nearly as long as head, reaching 

 front of anal. Color, silvery olivaceous ; scales with faint silvery 

 streaks, but no dark ones ; fins mostly pale or yellowish, the ventrals 

 somewhat dusky. Length, 12 inches." 



J. & E. have, on page 392, U. S. Commission, 1895, "Irish 

 Pompano " or " Mutton Fish " ; and Goode & Beane, U. S. Com- 

 mission, 1896, page 245, report in Indian River "Irish Pompano " 

 or "Mutton Fish." Gardner has caught the fish in Indian River, 

 and it is different from the Mutton -fish of the Keys. 



Caught while fishing for other fish. Edible, C. 



