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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



>LM & M ; 



Illustration. Page. 



124. "POGONIAS CROMIS." 573 1482 



Drum ; " Head 3* 3 ; depth 2^3 5 snout 3^ in head. 



Common Drum (G.). D. X-I, 21; A. II, 5 or 6 ; scales 5-47-9. 

 Body oblong, the back much elevated, ventral outline almost straight, 

 the depth rapidly diminishing from the first dorsal spine backward ; 

 profile rather steep and slightly convex ; mouth moderate, inferior, 

 the maxillary not reaching middle of eye, 3 ^3 in head;, teeth in 

 broad bands, the outer series above scarcely enlarged ; snout blunt, 

 longer than eye ; lower pharyngeals large, completely united, cov- 

 ered with many blunt molars and a small patch of conical teeth at the 

 outer posterior corner; gill rakers 4+12, very short, slender; dor- 

 sal spines high but slender, the fourth highest, 2 in head ; caudal 

 subtruncate ; second anal spine very large, about 2 in head ; pectorals 

 about as long as head ; scales large, those on breast small. Color, 

 grayish silvery, with 4 or 5 broad dark vertical bars, these disap- 

 pearing with age, usually no oblique dark streaks along rows of 

 scales above; fins blackish." 



See J. & E., page 14-S2. One of 146 pounds caught at St. 

 Augustine. Up to 10 pounds this fish strongly resembles the Sheeps- 

 head. The very large ones non-edible. 



