ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 263 



" Clupea macrocephala. Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V. 426, 

 1803, Martinique ; on a drawing by Plumier. 



" Glossodus forskali. Agassiz, Spix. Pise. Bras. 49, 1829, Bahia ; 

 called Engraulis sericus and Engraulis bahiensis on the plates 22 

 and 24. 



" Albula parroe. Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 

 339, 1846, Martinique ; Bahia ; Rio de Janeiro. 



" Albula goreensis. Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 XIX, 342, 1846, Gorea. 



" Albula neoguinaica. Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1. c, XIX, 350, 

 1846, New Guinea. 



" Albula seminuda. Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1. c, XIX, 351, 

 1846, New Guinea. 



"Albula erythrocheilos. Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1. c, XIX, 

 352, pi. 540, 1846, Friendly Islands. 



"Albula forsteri. Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1. c, XIX, 354, 

 1846, Tahiti. 



"Albula rostrata. Gronow, Cat. Fishes, 189, 1854, American 

 Ocean, etc. 



"Albula conorhynchus. Gunther, Cat. VII, 468, 1868. 



"Albula vulpes. Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis 258, 1883. 



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Under heading of the Herring and its allies, Mr. Goode says : 

 "The Lady-fish, Albula vulpes, occurs in the West Indies, in the 

 Gulf of Mexico, on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South 

 America, and sparingly along our Atlantic shores as far north as Cape 

 Cod. It is also found about the Bermudas and Cape Verde Islands, 

 in the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and on the coast of Japan. With 

 us it is usually called the ' Lady-fish ' ; in the Bermudas the 'Bone- 

 fish,' or ' Grubber.' 



"At the Bermudas large schools are taken, and it is there con- 

 sidered a most excellent food fish. From personal observation I can 

 testify that its reputation is by no means a false one. 



" Henshall found it in the Indian River inlet, and gives it a fine 

 character as a game-fish. Describing winter angling experiences, he 

 writes : ' In the course of an hour, and in quick succession, I took 



