[55] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 441 



70. Cynrosciosi maeulat urn (Mitch.) Gill. Salmon-trout ; 



Spotted Sea Trout; Speckled Trout. 



Atlantic coast of the United States, from Virginia 

 southward ; Gulf of Mexico. 



This- species is everywhere considered a valuable food- 

 fish ; it reaches a weight of about ten pounds, thus 

 rivaling C. regalis in size. In the Washington mar- 

 kets this fish is quite common ; in the Gulf of Mexico 

 it is very abundant. 



30832. Pensacola, Florida. Jordan & Stearns. 



71. Pogonias chromis (L.) Cuv. Drum; Tamboro 



Atlantic coast of the United States, from Cape Cod to 

 Florida ; Gulf of Mexico ; West Indies. 



This is perhaps the largest fish of the family to which 

 it belongs, sometimes reaching the weight of 50 

 pounds. Its flesh, however, is coarse and less valued 

 than that of nearly all the other scisenoids. The 

 species is abundant southward, and affords much 

 sport to the angler. 



18036. Matanzas River Inlet, Florida. J. C. Willetts. 



72. Liostoimts xanthuru* Lac. Spot; Lafayette; Goody, 



Old wife; Chub; Eoach; Yellow-tail. 



Atlantic coast of the United States, from Cape Cod to 



Florida ; Gulf of Mexico. 

 The species is abundant from Virginia southward, and 



is everywhere valuable for food. It seldom exceeds 



a foot in length. 



632. Santiago, Texas. Lieutenant D. N. Couch. 

 21478. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



73. Stelliferiss lanceolatus (Holbrook) Gill. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from Virginia to 

 Florida; Gulf of Mexico. 

 18038. Matanzas River Inlet, Florida, J. C. Willetts. 



74. Sciaena chrysura (Lac.) Jor. & Gilb. Silver Perch; 



Yellow-tail ; Mademoiselle. 



Bairdiella argyroleuca (Mitch.). 



Bodianus argyroleucus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., 1814, 

 p. 417, pi. 6, fig. 3. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Cod to 



Florida j Gulf of Mexico. 

 The species is abundant southward ; its size is small, 



but the quality of the flesh is good. 



31037. Galveston, Texas. Prof. D. S. Jordan. 



