132 AMERICAN FISHES. 
coast of New Jersey, is quite an important food fish in the Southern States. 
But little has been written regarding it, and its excellent qualities are not 
yet thoroughly appreciated. In fact, it has been confused with other 
species by both Holbrook and Giinther. This fish has not been observed 
north of New York, where it was recorded by Mitchill and DeKay, the 
latter of whom stated that it was not uncommon in the summer season. 
Prof. Baird found the young very abundant about Bees'ey’s Point 
in 1854, though the adults were unknown to the fishermen. Uhler and 
Lugger, who, following the mistaken nomenclature of Holbrook, confused 
this with a species of Zzostomus, say it is common in the Chesapeake and 
Lower Potomac. It is also abundant about Beaufort, N. C., and in the 
vicinity of Charleston. : 
THE YELLOW-TAIL. 
According to many observers, Yellow-tails are highly esteemed for 
food at St. Simon’s Island, New Brunswick, Ga., and in the Lower 
St. John’s River. They probably never ascend the river much above 
Jacksonville, though in 1877 great quantities were taken, in the month of 
April, at the mouth of the Arlington River. In 1878 the water was so 
fresh at this point that none could be taken there, though I saw them at 
Yellow Bluffs in water not perceptibly brackish to the taste. A large 
majority of those observed at Mayport on April 7, 1875, were full grown 
and taken at the point of spawning. Others taxen by fishermen at May- 
