The Yellowtail 149 
especially boiled, it is excellent, and in any other 
section of the country would have a decided 
economic value. 
The genus is well represented on the Atlantic 
and Gulf coasts of America by several fine game 
fishes. One, the amber-jack, Serzola lalandt, 
deserves especial mention. I have landed but a 
single specimen, which weighed forty or more 
pounds, taken at Long Key, outer Florida reef, 
since, I understand, washed away by a hurricane. 
The fish attains a weight of one hundred pounds 
and a length of six feet, and is a vigorous fighter. 
An acquaintance who caught one of these fishes 
weighing eighty pounds, at Palm Beach, informed 
me that he fought the fish two hours before it 
was brought to gaff. The amber-jack ranges 
from the region of the equator to New York, but 
is most common from Cape Florida to Key West, 
at least most available to the angler. Many are 
caught with hand-lines and mullet bait. 
A smaller yellowtail, also called amber-jack, is 
found along the Gulf coast of Florida and down 
the keys, frequenting deeper water, and is occa- 
sionally taken when grouper fishing. There is 
another yellowtail, not to be confused with the 
above, yet essentially the yellowtail of the reef, 
