Quis, nisi vidisset, pisces 
sub undas natare crederet. 
Linnaeus. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Prologue . xi 
The Yellow Perch ... i 
The Pike Perches .. 11 
The Striped Bass ...,. 22 
The White Bass and the Yellow Bass .,. 32 
The White Perch . 35 
The Sea Basses ..... 39 
The Groupers and the Jew Fish . 47 
The Black Basses . 54 
The Sun Fishes and their Allies ... 64 
Snappers and Red Mouths . 73 
The Sheepshead . 83 
The Scuppaug and the Fair Maid . 92 
The Red Drum . 101 
The Squeteague . no 
The King and Queen Fishes. . 123 
Spots, Croakers and Roncadors . 129 
Sea Drum and Lake Drum . 136 
Cobia, Moonfish and Flasher . 144 
The Blue fish . 157 
The Mackerel and its Allies . 163 
The Spanish Mackerel and the Ceroes . 184 
The Pomp a noes . 198 
Bonitoes and Tunnies . 206 
