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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
HIPPOCAMPIDiE. 
146. Hippocampus hudsonius De Kay. Sea Horse. 
Egmont Key. Saw several large examples of this species in the collection at the 
light-house on Egmont Key. The specimens were dry, but speckled coloration and , 
whitish streaks about the eye were plainly discernible. D. 19, covering 3^ rings; 11 
body rings. 
SCOMBRIDiE. 
147. Scomberomorus regalis (Bloch). Kingfisb. 
Key West; Florida Keys. Gaptured a number of this and the next species on 
trolling lines while sailing along the Keys. They bite readily at a bait of pork rind, 
a spinner, or even a bit of white rag. Small herring-like fishes, as pilchard, anchovy, 
etc., also make good baits. They are excellent food-fishes. 
148. Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier). Kingfish. 
Key West; Florida Keys. 
149. Sarda sarda (Bloch). Bonito. 
Florida Keys ; West Coast of Florida. Also caught frequently while trolling. A 
handsome fish of good size, but dark-meated and not very desirable as a food-fish. 
CARANGIDiE. !' 
150. Decapterus punctatus (Agassiz). Scad. 
Charlotte Harbor ; Dry Tortugas. Took a specimen at Boca Grande, Charlotte 
Harbor, and one at Garden Key, Dry Tortugas. Scutes 38. 
151. Trachinotus rhodopus Gill. Permit. 
Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas. Took one weighing fully 25 pounds at Logger- 
head Key. Color, light olivaceous on back, silvery on sides and below ; dorsal and 
caudal fins dark. 
152. Seriola lalandi Cuv. & Val. Amber Jack. 
Florida Keys. Took several on trolling lines weighing from 20 to 35 pounds. 
POMATOMIDiB. 
153. Pomatomua saltatrix (Linnaeus). Blueflsh. 
Lemon Bay. Saw but one specimen, a young example 3 inches in length, taken 
in the seine at Lemon Bay. 
CENTRARCHIDiE. : 
154. Micropterus salmoides (Lac6pt.de). Large-mouth Black Bass ; Trout. ij 
Myakka Eiver ; Hillsborough River. Took numerous specimens in Myakka and 
Hillsborough Rivers and tributaries, in fresh and brackish waters. | 
SERRANIDiE. * 
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155. Serranus atrarius (Linnaeus). Blackfish. 
Tampa Bay. Took several large ones on hook and line in Tampa Bay. 
156. Serranus formosus (Linnaeus). 
Key West ; Gordon’s Pass. Saw several examples at Key West market, and took 
pne on hook and line at Gordon’s Pass. A handsome fish and very fair for the table, 
