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anchovies and sardines, and is very voracious. It spawns in July or 
August. Its flesh is tender, being very similar to that of the weak-fish 
( C. regale). It softens soon, but, when fresh, is of a fine, delicate quality, 
and scarcely surpassed by any fish on the coast. Several other species 
of this genus occur southward along the Mexican coast, where they are 
among the most important of the food-fishes.” 
