CURIOUS INHABITANTS OF THE GULF STREAM 
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Photograph from Col. William H. Edwards 
AN ARMFULL OF AMBERJACK 
The Amber fish is a determined fighter, excellent as to food value and in the Aquarium tank lives well 
and is active. Specimens have been taken weighing up to 100 pounds. 
orous. They are variously and artistically 
colored in grays, blues, and yellows. The 
Blue-striped or Yellow Grunt (Color 
Plate, page i8i) is yellow, with blue 
length-wise stripes. The Common Grunt 
has many narrow stripes of deep, clear 
blue on the head, the scales of the shoulder 
region enlarged and conspicuous, bronze 
in color, with grayish borders. The 
French Grunt is light bluish gray, with 
broad, undulating, irregular stripes of 
yellow; and there are many other varieties. 
Grunts have bright red or orange color 
at the base of the jaws and inside the 
large mouth. The color is not visible 
when the mouth is closed. 
