448 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [62] 



POMATOMID^. 



S 08. Pomatomns saltatrix (L.) Gill. Blttefish; Green- 

 fish ; Skipjack; Salt-water Tailor; Horse- 

 mackerel j Snapping-mackerel. 



Atlantic coast of the United States north to Maine; 



Gulf of Mexico. 

 This is a food-fish of great importance; it is a preda- 



ceous species which destroys large quantities of other 



fishes, particularly the menhaden. 



18046. Saint John's River, Florida. Prof. S. F. Baird. 

 21776. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



ELACATID^E. 



109. Eiacate canadus (L.) Holbrook. Crabeater; Bonitoj 



Cobia; Sergeant-fish; Snooks; Ling. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Cod to 

 Florida ; Gulf of Mexico ; West Indies. 



This species reaches a length of 5 feet; on the coast of 

 Virginia it is one of the important food-fishes (McDon- 

 ald). 

 30150. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



EOHENETDIDJE. 



110. Echeiaeis naucrates Lhme\ Bemora; Sucker-fish; 



Pegador. 

 Seas of the temperate and tropical regions ; on the 

 coast of the United States it is recorded as far north 

 as the mouth of the Merrimac Biver, Northern Massa- 

 chusetts (Putnam). 

 32598. Big Sarasota Bay, Florida. Dr. J. A. Henshall. 



MUGILID^. 



111. Ulugil albula Linne. Striped Mullet. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Cod 

 to Florida ; recorded once at Provincetown, Massa- 

 chusetts ; Gulf of Mexico. 



This fish is everywhere abundant from Cape Cod south- 

 ward and is much esteemed in the Southern States. 

 If, as J ordan & Gilbert state, M . mexicanus Steind. 

 is not different from ill. albula, the above distribution 

 must be enlarged to include the " Pacificcoast, chiefly 

 south of Point Concepcion." 

 21285. Saint John's River, Florida. G. B. Goode. 



