AMERICAN FISHES. 
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same way, and after Ihad gotten ‘the hang of them’ I took a great 
many.’’ 
THE MOON-FISH OR SPADE-FISH. 
1es on our 
f the rarer spec 
1s one Oo 
? 
terus faber 
coast, and has recently come so much into favor in New York that among 
Chetodip 
fish, 
The Moon 
It is also 
ing abundant 
fishes. 
In the northern parts of the Gulf of 
f the most highly esteemed food 
connoisseurs it is one 0 
it, be 
ho know 
ington w 
greatly valued by residents of Wash 
in summer, 
in the markets of that city 
Mexico it is called the 
from Florida to Charleston the 
, 
fish ’’; 
“Spade 
f, appears to have been 
Schoep 
, N. C., where it is called the 
ing to 
accord 
? 
“« Angel-fish,’’ a name which 
current during the last century at Beaufort 
«* Porgee’’ 
where it is stated to be found 
‘« Three-tail Sheepshead ’’ and 
names which are said to have been formerly in use among the New York 
fishermen. 
2 
”? and at New York 
or ‘‘ Porgy, 
‘“‘Three-tailed Porgee’’ are 
in summer. 
