THE SCUPPAUG AND TPIE FAIR MAID . 
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Tautog, chogset, squeteague, mummichog, mattawacca, menhaden, 
siscowet, tullibee, quinnat, oulachan, oquassa and namaycush are among 
the best of them ; their number is few, and they need careful guardianship. 
Until very recently only one species of the genus Stenotomus was known 
to occur in our waters. Dr. Bean has, however, shown that there are two 
on the Atlantic coast of the United States, in addition to the unimportant 
species, S. caprinus, recently described from the Gulf of Mexico. 
The “ Scup ” of the North, Stenotomus chrysops, is by far the most im¬ 
portant, though the Southern species, S. ciculeatus , has considerable com¬ 
mercial value. The former, which is distinguished by its larger teeth 
and more abrupt profile, is abundant between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras • 
the latter has its metropolis on the Carolina coast, but has been found 
sparingly as far north as Wood’s TIoll, Mass. 
On the Virginia coast the Southern Scup is known as the “ Fair Maid.” 
The name “ Porgy ” is in use about Charleston, S. C., but is not dis¬ 
tinctive, being applied to several allied forms. Their range is much more 
limited to the south and extends farther to the north than that of the 
Sheepshead. Holbrook wrote in i860 : “The Porgy is found along our 
coasts at all seasons of the year, though most abundant in June and July.” 
He further states that its southern limit on the Atlantic border is Cape 
Florida, a statement probably not susceptible of proof. 
