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THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
ago, so lie may be accepted as a man of tbe period, thoroughly versed in water¬ 
ing stock, forming trusts, prospering, and absorbing the accumulations of others. 
The Pompano [Tra- 
chynotus carolinns) is the 
choicest of Southern food- 
fishes, and therefore de¬ 
serves at least honorable 
mention. It is a small 
fish, swimming near the 
surface, and in some par¬ 
ticulars resembling the 
mackerel. 
The Pilot Fish (Nau- 
crates ductor) belongs here, 
saw perch ( Serranus cabriiia). but has already received 
mention in connection with 
the shark, with whom it maintains a friendly and inseparable companionship. 
The Moon Fish ( Vomer seti- 
pinnis ) is noted for its absurd form. 
The body of a sun fish is supplied 
with the most disproportionately long 
face, illuminated by great, staring 
eyes, and terminated by a large 
mouth, whose under-jaw protrudes 
in the most melancholy fashion. 
Just back of the head waves a long, 
spine-like, single hair. The small dorsal fin is set well back, and looks 
as though it would slide down upon the 
caudal fin. The belly is ornamented 
anteriorly by a second spine-like hair, 
and posteriorly by a series of small 
rays. Where the human being would 
wear his ears, the moon fish carries two 
absurdly small fins. 
The True Mackerel of commerce 
{scomber scombrus ) is the most important 
fish, commercially speaking, that is found 
girt head ( Chrysophrys aurata). about our shores. It is a very beautiful 
fish, though small in 
size, the color being a 
steel-blue, striated with 
undulating bands of 
black, while the belly is 
of a lustrous white, 
reflecting a bright sil¬ 
very sheen when first 
taken from the water. 
Though frequenting our coast in vast numbers, mackerel are no less plen- 
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