REPORT ON FISHES OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA. 
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66. Lutjanus caxis (Bloch & Schneider). Schoolmaster Snapper. 
I Card’s Sound; Key West; Big Gasparilla; west coast of Florida. Especially 
common about the Keys, and one of the numerous pan-fislies taken to the Key West 
market. 
67. Hsemulon plumieri (Lac6p&de). Common Grunt ; Sow Grunt. 
Key West. The most common and most esteemed of the pan-fishes sold in the 
Key West market, and one of the most beautiful. 
68. Haemulon sciurus (Shaw). Yellow Grunt; Boar Grunt. 
Garden Key; Key West. The handsomest of the “grunts.” It is abundant in 
the channels about the Keys, where it is taken by the fishermen with sea-crawfish for 
bait. It is popularly supposed to be the male of the preceding species. The young- 
are found in grassy coves about Key West. 
69. Hcemulon parra (Desmarest). Black Grunt. 
Card’s Sound; Key West; Marco; Lemon Bay. The young of this species were 
more generally distributed along the west coast than those of the other grunts. 
i 70 . Lagodon rhomboides (Linnseus). Bream ; Sailor’s Choice. 
Key West; Marco; Gordon’s Pass ; Big Gasparilla ; Myakk a Eiver; San Carlos 
Pass. This pretty and well-known species is abundant all around the coasts cf Flor- 
ida, and is a good pan-fish, though of small size. The very young were abundant in 
brackish water. 
71. Archosargus probatocephalus (Walhaum). Sheepshead. 
Key West; west coast of Florida. One of the most abundant fishes on the 
west coast, particularly about mangrove roots covered with coon oysters, oyster 
beds, and barnacle- covered piles of wharves, etc. It is very rare about the Keys. I 
saw but one specimen at Key West, which was given to me by a fisherman, with the 
name of “sheepshead porgy.” Large numbers are taken at the fishing ranches and 
salted with the mullet. Spawns in Florida in March and April. 
MHLLIDiS. 
72. UpeneuB maculatus (Bloch). Goat-fish. 
Key West ; Garden Key. Young specimens not rare about the Keys. 
SCIJENIDiE. 
73. Bairdiella chrysura (Lacdpfede). Yellow-tail. 
Myakka Eiver. A pan-fish occurring commonly at Key West, and the young not 
scarce in the bays and bayous of the west coast. 
74. Leiostomus xanthurus (Lac^pfede). Spot. 
Marco ; Gordon’s Pass ; Big Gasparilla ; Myakka Eiver ; San Carlos Pass ; Egmont 
Key; Long Boat Key. The young are very abundant in all bays of the southwest 
and west coasts. 
75. Menticirrus americanus (Linnaeus). Whiting. 
Marco ; Charlotte Harbor ; Garden Key. The whiting is rather a rare fish on the 
west coast. I saw but one adult specimen, which I took at Cape Haze, at the head 
of Charlotte Harbor. The young were not uncommon. 
76. Menticirrus littoralis (Holbrook). Whiting. 
Egmont Key. Still more scarce than the preceding species. Only a few young 
specimens seen. 
