THE COBIA, A STRONG AND DASHING FISH.
THE UPPER FISH IS A SURF WHITING, THE LOWER A MANGO SNAPPER.
Surf Whiting (Menticirrhus littoralis) and Mangrove Snapper (Neomaenis spec.)
The surf whiting, as its name implies, frequents the surf, where it is caught like so many others on that coast; it takes mullet as bait.
The snapper, which is one of a very large group, derives its distinctive name from the fact of the young, and sometimes the grown fish as well, being found feeding in the neighbourhood of the mangroves.