204 AMERICAN FISHES. 



SHOAL-WATER FISHES. 



Ha VINO now come to the conclusion of that, by far the most impor- 

 tant, portion of my subject which relates to the fresh-water fishes, 

 including those anadromous or migratory species which, although they 

 make their abode during a part of the year at least in salt water, are 

 taken in sporting style in rivers and estuaries only, I shall proceed to 

 devote a few pages only to these sea fish ; all of the division Acanthop- 

 terygii, and all of five families, Percidce, ScienidcB, Sparidce, Scombri- 

 dee, and Lahrida, which are taken in shoal waters at the mouths of 

 large rivers, in bays and estuaries, and which not only afi'ord much 

 sport to the angler at particular seasons of the year, but furnish a 

 delicious article of food. 



These are the Sea Bass, or Black Sea Bass, Centropristes Ni- 

 gricans. 



The Lafayette, Leiostomus Obliquus. 



The Weak-Fish, Otolithus Regalis. 



The Kinq-Fish, TJmbrina Ncbulosa. 



The Silvery Corvina, Corvina Argyrokuca. 



The Branded Corvina, Corrina Ocdlata. 



The Big Drum, Pogonias Chromis. 



The Sheep's-head, Sargtis Ovis. 



The Porgek, Pagrus Argyrops. 



The Blue-Fish, Temnodon Saltator. 



The Tautog — Black-Fish — Tautos-a Americaiia. 



