398 Big Game Fishes 
although there are a great many fishes — probably 
two hundred species — which take the hook and 
might come under that head. There are several 
large species of Caranx, but we are not sure 
what any of them are.” This latter genus in- 
cludes the jacks or crevallé of our southern 
waters, which undoubtedly would afford good 
sport. An eastern angler, whose name I have 
unfortunately mislaid, showed me a photograph 
of a large fish which weighed at least one hun- 
dred and fifty pounds, taken at one of the 
Hawaiian Islands with rod and reel, which he 
claimed was as gamy as the tuna. I recognized 
in this fish a very rare and interesting species, one 
specimen of which has been found at Santa Cata- 
lina, which weighed about fifty pounds. Dr. 
Charles H. Gilbert of Stanford University kindly 
identified this latter specimen for me and wrote 
regarding it: “I find now that it represents an 
undoubted specimen of a form hitherto known 
only from the Mediterranean and neighboring 
waters (Luvarus tmperialis). It is said to be 
rare in its home waters, and is as yet unreported 
from our Atlantic coast.” 
This fish bore a striking resemblance to the 
“jack,” but was very large and powerful, and if 
