Giant Fish of Florida 
TRIGGER Fish (Balistes carolinensis) AND ANGEL FISH 
(Angelichthys isabelita) 
The trigger fish, like the last species figured, also goes by the 
name of “leather jacket,” and is,as a glance at its general outline 
will show, a similar type of fish. The trigger fish derives the 
name from the curious arrangement of its dorsal fin, which les 
flat in a socket or slot. It has, like the last, no true scales, but 
excrescences, which can be plainly seen in the photograph. It 
is not often taken on a hook. 
The little angel fish is one of the most gaudy inhabitants 
of those seas, where the usual preponderance of gaily coloured 
fish is hardly, perhaps, so marked as in some other warm 
waters. It is found in shoals round wrecks and sunken piles. 
Blue and yellow, with reddish and brown and olive markings 
and spots, some varieties of the “angel” are beautiful 
if somewhat gorgeous fish. If well angled for they can be 
taken in quantities. These are among the many accidental 
arrivals in the tarpon fisher’s boat, but I have thought it best to 
give as many photographs of local fish as possible, so that the 
visitor with a liking for natural history may not be at a loss to 
identify an occasional strange fish, about which he wants to 
write to the proper authorities for further information. 
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