454 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [68] 



ALBULOm 



141. Albula Yiilpes (L.) Goode. Lady-fish; Bone-fish. 



Pelagic; tropical and subtropical seas. 



On our Atlantic coast the lady-fish has been taken as 

 far north as Wood's Holl, Cape Cod; it is abundant 

 southward; reaches a length of two feet; but is not 

 an important food-fish. 

 30158. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



142. Elops saunas Linne\ Big-eyed Herring; Lady-fish. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. On the Atlantic coast 

 of the United States it ranges north to Cape Cod oc- 

 casionally; southward to Gulf of Mexico. 



We have received examples nearly two feet long. It 

 is not a food-fish; but at Pensacola it is extensively 

 salted as bait for the Eed Snapper (Lutjanus blaclc- 

 fordii). 

 30149. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



CLUPEID^E. 



143. Brevoortia tyraimus (Latrobe) Goode. Menhaden; 



Bug-fish; Mossbunker; Bony-fish; Pogie. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from Maine to East 

 Florida. 



A species of great commercial importance on account 

 of its excellence as bait and as affording oil and a 

 basis of fertilizers; the young are extensively canned 

 as sardines. This species is quite distinct from the 

 next as will be evident to any one who has a sufficient 

 series for examination. 

 32610. Florida. J. W. Milner. 



144. Brevoortia patronus Goode. Gulf Menhaden; Ale- 



wife; Bug-fish. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



This species is smaller than the last and has no economic 

 importance ; its maximum length is little more than 

 a foot so far as we can determine from our material. 



22808. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



145. Harengula pensacola? Goode & Bean. 



Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Silas Stearns has recently sent a 

 great number of examples of this species from Pensa- 

 cola. 



5999. Garden Key, Florida. Whitehurst. 



