REPORT ON FISHES OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA. 
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SILURIDiE. 
4. Ailurichthys marinus (Mitchill). Gaff-topsail Catfish. 
West coast of Florida. This and the next species are very abundant everywhere 
in the bays and inlets of Florida, and also ascend the brackish streams. They will 
take anything in the nature of a bait, dead or alive, from the ai tiflcial fly to a chip of 
wood. They are great nuisances to the angler or flsherman, and, though not a bad 
food fish, are never eaten. They make a continual grunting, rasping, or croaking 
noise when caught, and also when swimming. They are taken usually from one-half 
to 2 pounds in weight. 
5 . Tachysurus felis (Linnseus). Sea Catfish. 
West coast of Florida. 
STOLEPHORID.S3. 
6. Stolephorus mitchilli (Cav. &. Yah). Anchovy. 
Card’s Sound; Barnes’ Sound; Key West; Marco; Grordon’s Pass; Big Estero 
Pass. This and the next species are very abundant in most of the inlets and passes 
of the west coast, coming in and going out with the tide. At Marco or the Gaspa- 
rillas fisheries for taking and curing anchovies ought to be very profitable if established. 
7. Stolephorus browni (Gmelin). Anchovy. 
Cape Sable Creek ; Cape Eomauo ; Big Gasparilla. 
8. Stolephorus perfasciatus (Poey). Anchovy. 
Marco Inlet. This anchovy was more abundant at Marco than anywhere on the 
west coast. 
CLUPEID.SI. 
9. Dussumieria stolifera Jordan & Gilbert. 
Card’s Sound ; Barnes’ Sound. This beautiful little species, discovered a few 
years ago at Mazatlau, Mexico, by C. H. Gilbert, is common in the shallow waters of 
Card’s Sound and Florida Bay. 
10. Harengula macrophthalma (Ranzani). Pilchard. 
Key West. Common along the Florida Keys. It is sometimes used as bait for 
kingflsh {S. caballa, S. regalis) and other large species. 
11. Harengula arcuata (.Jenyns). Pilchard. (Clupea humeralis Cuv. & Val., Harengula pensacolw 
Goode & Bean.)- 
Cape Sable Creek; Marco; San Carlos Pass; Big Gasparilla; Egmont Key. 
This little herring is abundant at most of the inlets of the west coast, going in and 
out with the tide. 
12. Opisthonema oglinum (Le Sueur). Thread Herring ; Sprat. 
Big Gasparilla ; Egmont Key. Common along the west coast. 
ELOPIDiB. 
13. Elops saurus Linnaeus. Ten-pounder. 
Marco ; west eoast of Florida. Of this species some very young specimens were 
obtained representing a larval or leptocephalous form, translucent and elongate, 
recognizable only by the fin rays and the structure of the jaws. 
