REPORT ON FISHES OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA. 
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177. Cynoscion maculatum (Mitchill). Spotted Trout. 
West coast. Abundant in all bays and sounds of the west coast, and often 
running up the fresh- water streams. It is a fine food-fish, and being a surface feeder 
is a great favorite with anglers, taking both natural bait and the artificial fly. I have 
taken it weighing upward of 10 pounds. Spawns in March and April in Florida. 
OSTRACIIDiE. 
178. Ostracion tricorne Linnaeus. Cow-fish. 
West coast. Abundant in grassy coves in all bays of the west coast. Like the 
other “trunk-fishes,” it is roasted “in the shell,” by the Key- Westers. 
^ TETRODONTIDiiJ. 
179. Lagocephalus leevigatus (Linnaeus). Pufifer. 
Florida Keys; west coast. Common about the Keys and inlets. 
DIODONTIDiE. 
180. Diodon hystrix Linnaeus. Porcupine-fish. 
Florida Keys. Saw several large specimens at Key West, inflated and dried, and 
kept as curiosities, that were taken about the Keys. I took one small specimen at 
Dry Tortugas. 
