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they usually destroyed the tackle as soon as it was put into the water. 
~tA/L (/ftp*. 
Closer in toward shore ^-no ticed a considerable number of blue trigger fish 
te !~> ' 
schooling about at the surface and, desirous of knowing more about then and 
obtaining a few specimens of them for the Museum, J tried baiting a trout 
hook with a tiny strip of skin of - y^luh , ! had ln~ the mot ox 1 w hulrboat . It 
“■ J>Mt th * 
colored trigger fish, 
MjMj c- 
4 wt 4iKe 
. I- got three of thea^ in “short order. These beautifully 
occur also in the Sast 
Indies and are found la Hawaii and at Socorro and Clarion Islands, as well 
' This • su r fa ce-sch ooling habit is 
. o n e— tliat I - had - not -befor e "Observed in- fl she s -o - f - thlo sort -* 
.. A . .Shaker 1 a • eok i ! , ■■ i f - you- wi& A-, £lght daysy were devoted to our 
Galapagos investigations, July 2b-31. In these scientifically famous islands 
we made our best hauls of fish, a number of rarities such as the grey thread- 
fin bass, Cmtinua agasslzll. and the southern barracuda, Sphvraena Idlastes. 
were taken on several occasions. The former looked like a good pan fish. As 
no one seemed to have any information on the subject and nothing on the score 
could be found in any publications available -W# 1 '".**Sj5^§; -a - . trial was mad o-of-aa — 
*i e xtra'h-specias&r' It was very good eating. 
Xt-was-irere-- thut we caugh tlloar heavi est yellow fin tunay 5° 
■‘Sr 
pound Wahoo were plentiful off Hood Island and gave those of the party who 
_tan.ua «th -a nan fan th,in non.,.- «. tar.a.t 54 panna,. 
Together with the wahoo, five species of fish were secured in the 
Galapagos that had never been represented in the study collections of the 
Museum. The other species were th© Pacific amber jack, Seriola colbumi . of 
which the heavi estjjweighed 2S pounds; the round-herring, Strum eus micro pus : 
a pilot fish, Povdlxodon freainvtllei : and a demoiselle, Headlosug. al&gft 
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marleus . - Our - eePeral -T Pacific amber jacks constitute the first definite 
