﻿CERTAIN 
  CITIZENS 
  OF 
  THE 
  WARM 
  SEA 
  

   Hi 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Tames 
  A. 
  Allison 
  

   FEMALE 
  SAWFISH 
  TAKEN 
  ALIVE 
  IN 
  A 
  NET 
  AND 
  EXHIBITED 
  FOR 
  SEVERAL 
  WEEKS 
  IN 
  A 
  

   36-FOOT 
  TANK 
  AT 
  THE 
  MIAMI 
  AQUARIUM 
  

  

  She 
  gave 
  birth 
  to 
  nine 
  young, 
  the 
  only 
  record 
  of 
  sawfish 
  being 
  born 
  in 
  captivity. 
  

  

  ever, 
  for 
  even 
  the 
  most 
  wary 
  — 
  excepting, 
  

   perhaps, 
  the 
  dolphin 
  — 
  to 
  frequent 
  the 
  

   haunts 
  of 
  man. 
  

  

  While 
  wariness 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  trait 
  of 
  

   game 
  fish, 
  one 
  species, 
  the 
  jacks, 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  no 
  fear 
  of 
  man 
  and 
  his 
  traffic. 
  

   They 
  may 
  often 
  be 
  observed 
  resting 
  

   lazily, 
  in 
  tidal 
  waters, 
  under 
  a 
  bridge 
  or 
  

   near 
  the 
  shore, 
  where 
  the 
  traffic 
  is 
  con- 
  

   stant. 
  They 
  cruise 
  slowly 
  around, 
  await- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  their 
  favorite 
  food, 
  

   the 
  mullet. 
  When 
  a 
  school 
  of 
  mullets 
  

   appears 
  in 
  sight, 
  there 
  is 
  instant 
  action. 
  

   The 
  jacks 
  marshal 
  their 
  forces 
  and 
  bear 
  

   down 
  upon 
  their 
  prey, 
  upon 
  which 
  they 
  

   wreak 
  spectacular 
  and 
  terrible 
  carnage. 
  

  

  The 
  amber 
  jack 
  is 
  the 
  -largest 
  and 
  

   gamiest 
  of 
  its 
  family 
  and 
  inhabits 
  both 
  

   the 
  shoal 
  and 
  deep 
  waters 
  among 
  the 
  

   Florida 
  Keys, 
  the 
  W 
  r 
  est 
  Indies, 
  and 
  Ber- 
  

   muda. 
  It 
  provides 
  excellent 
  sport 
  for 
  

   trolling 
  and 
  will 
  take 
  almost 
  any 
  kind 
  of 
  

   live 
  bait 
  offered 
  by 
  still-fishing. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   carnivorous, 
  surface-living 
  fish 
  of 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  food 
  value 
  in 
  the 
  Bermudas 
  and 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  where 
  large 
  numbers 
  

   are 
  taken 
  for 
  market 
  purposes. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  

  

  so 
  highly 
  considered 
  in 
  the 
  Florida 
  mar- 
  

   kets, 
  where 
  its 
  cousin, 
  the 
  yellow 
  jack, 
  is 
  

   more 
  common 
  (Color 
  Plate 
  XIII). 
  

  

  The 
  yellow 
  jack 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  surface-living 
  

   fish 
  of 
  graceful 
  lines 
  and 
  beautiful 
  color- 
  

   ation. 
  It 
  resembles 
  the 
  amber 
  jack 
  closely, 
  

   both 
  in 
  habits 
  and 
  appearance, 
  although 
  

   it 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  size. 
  

  

  CONTRIBUTING 
  TO 
  THE 
  WORLD'S 
  KNOWL- 
  

   EDGE 
  OF 
  KNOWN 
  FISH 
  

  

  The 
  fishes 
  already 
  mentioned 
  are 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   Stream 
  and 
  are 
  widely 
  known, 
  many 
  

   miles 
  from 
  their 
  habitat, 
  for 
  their 
  game- 
  

   ness 
  and 
  sporting 
  qualities 
  or 
  for 
  their 
  

   food 
  values 
  ; 
  but 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  a 
  new 
  

   Gulf 
  Stream 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  

   which 
  requires 
  classification. 
  

  

  Such 
  a 
  find 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   Allison's 
  tuna. 
  This 
  beautiful 
  fish, 
  of 
  

   which 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  

   caught, 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  edgQ 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   Stream, 
  off 
  Miami 
  Beach, 
  Florida. 
  It 
  

   is 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  

   American 
  fauna 
  — 
  a 
  species 
  second 
  to 
  

   none 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  

  

  