ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 265 



" Tropical seas, ranging northward to San Diego and Long Island. 

 Esox vulpes. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 313, 1758, Bahamas, etc.; 

 based on the bone-fish, Vulpes bahamensis, of Catesby." 



W. F. McCormick's List of fishes in Biscayne Bay. 

 Same work, page 175. No illustration. 



" Bone-fish (Albula vulpes)." 



U. S. FISH COMMISSION REPORT OF 1896. 



"Annotated List of the Fishes known from Indian River." 

 Page 240. No illustration. 



" Elops saurus, Linnaeus. Big-eyed Herring, Ten-pounder, 

 'Bony-fish.' Observed at Fort Pierce and at mouth of St. Lucie 

 River. Known to some of the fishermen as 'Lady-fish.' Fre- 

 quently taken in the seines. Examples from Fort Pierce preserved." 

 Albula vulpes not in the list. 



"Fisheries of the Coastal Waters of Florida, by John J. Brice." 

 Same work, page 285. No illustration. 



" There are many other species of fishes found at Key West which 

 are used to a greater or less extent as food. Among them are the 

 bonefish {Albula vulpes), ten-pounder (Elops saurus)." 



U. S. FISH COMMISSION BULLETIN, 1897. 



Page 90. No Illustration. 



Annotated List of Fishes known to inhabit the Woods Hole Region, 

 by Hugh M. Smith. 



"32. Elops Saurus, Linnaeus." 

 "(Ten-pounder ; Big-eyed Herring.)" 

 "Common in fall, none appearing before October. Taken in 

 traps in Vineyard Sound and in Herring gill nets at Vineyard Haven. 

 Many have been sent to the Fish Commission by fishermen for identi- 

 fication. Average length 18 to 20 inches. No young fish observed. ' ' 



