Fig. 201.—Robalo, Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch). Florida.
The shad (Alosa sapidissima), with its sweet, tender, finely oily flesh, stands also near the front among food-fishes, but it sins above all others in the matter of small bones. The weak-fish (Cynoscion nobilis) and numerous relatives rank first among those with tender, white, savorous flesh. Among the bass and perch-like fishes, common consent places near the first the striped bass (Roccus lineatus), the bass of Europe (Dicentrarchus labrax), the susuki of Japan (Lateolabrax japonicus), the red tai of Japan (Pagrus major and P. cardinalis), the sheep's-head (Archosargus probatocephalus), the mutton-fish or Pargo Criollo of Cuba (Lutianus analis), the European porgy (Pagrus pagrus), the robalo (Centropomus undecimalis), the uku (Aprion virescens) of Hawaii, the spadefish (Chætodipterus faber), and the black bass (Micropterus dolomieu).
Fig. 202.—Spadefish, Chætodipterus faber (L.). Virginia.
Fig. 203.—Small-mouthed Black Bass, Micropterus dolomieu (Lacépède). Potomac River.
Fig. 204.—Speckled Trout (male), Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill). New York.