. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 282 Cavallas and Pampanos entire school ever unite in an attack upon a particular object of prey, as is said to be the case with the ferocious fishes of the South American rivers; should they do so, no animal, however large, could Avithstand their onslaught. "They appear to eat anything that swims of suitable size— fish of all kinds, but perhaps more especially the menhaden, which they seem to follow along the coast, and which they atack with such ferocity as to drive them on the shore, where. Fig. 219.—(Sergeant-fisli, Rachycentr
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. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 282 Cavallas and Pampanos entire school ever unite in an attack upon a particular object of prey, as is said to be the case with the ferocious fishes of the South American rivers; should they do so, no animal, however large, could Avithstand their onslaught. "They appear to eat anything that swims of suitable size— fish of all kinds, but perhaps more especially the menhaden, which they seem to follow along the coast, and which they atack with such ferocity as to drive them on the shore, where. Fig. 219.—(Sergeant-fisli, Rachycentron canadum (Linnfcus). Virginia. they are sometimes piled up in windrows to the depth of a foot or more." The Sergeant-fishes: Rachycentridae. — The RacJrycentridcB, or sergeant-fishes, are large, strong, swift, voracious shore fishes, Avith large mouths and small teeth, ranging northward from the warm seas. The dorsal spines are short and stout, separate from the fin, and the body is almost cylindrical, somewhat like that of the pike. Racliyceiitrou canadnm, called cobia, crab-eater, snooks, or sergeant-fish, reaches a length of about five feet. The last name is supposed to allude to the black stripe along its side, like the stripe on a sergeant's trousers. It is rather common in sirmmer along our Atlantic coast as far as Cape Cod, espe- cially in Chesapeake Bay. Rachycctitron pondiccrriannm, equally voracious, extends its summer depredations as far as Japan. The more familiar name for these fishes, Elacate, is of later date than Racliyceiitrou. Mr. Prime thus speaks of the crab-eater as a game-fish: " In shape he may be roughly likened to the great northern pike, with a similar head, flattened on the forehead. He is dark green on the back, growing Hghter on the sides, but the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perf