Giant Fish of Florida 
SURF WHITING (Menticirrhus littoralis) AND MANGROVE 
SNAPPER (Neomaenis spec.) 
The surf whiting, as its name implies, frequents the surf, 
where it is caught like so many others on that coast; it takes 
mullet as bait. 
The snapper, which is one of a very large group, derives 
its distinctive name from the fact of the young, and sometimes 
the grown fish as well, being found feeding in the neighbour- 
hood of the mangroves. 
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