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AMERICAN FISHES. 
same way, and after I had gotten ‘ the hang of them ’ I took a great 
many. ’ ’ 
The Moon-fish, Clicetodipteriis faber , is one of the rarer species on our 
coast, and has recently come so much into favor in New York that among 
connoisseurs it is one of the most highly esteemed food-fishes. It is also 
greatly valued by residents of Washington who know it, being abundant 
in the markets of that city in summer. In the northern parts of the Gulf of 
Mexico it is called the “Spade-fish”; from Florida to Charleston the 
“Angel-fish,” a name which, according to Schoepf, appears to have been 
current during the last century at Beaufort, N. C., where it is called the 
“ Porgee ” or “Porgy,” and at New York, where it is stated to be found 
in summer. “ Three-tail Sheepshead ” and “Three-tailed Porgee” are 
names which are said to have been formerly in use among the New York 
fishermen. 
