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Title: American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 Evermann, Barton Warren, 1853-1932
Subjects: Fishes
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page & Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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several large species of this family in traps. Among the natives of the Hawaiian Islands these fishes arehighly esteemed. Several species of Scarus occur there, knownby the natives as lauia, palukaluka, uhuula, etc., and they areeaten raw by the natives who pay very high prices for them. The species of this family possess no game-qualities and areof so little food-value in the United States that we shall treatthem very briefly. Th genus Spansonia is a large one with about 18 species,all but one confined to our waters. They are nearly all of smallsize, showy colouration and, with few exceptions, of no food-value. The only ones deserving mention here are the following:Sparisoma abildgaardi, the red parrot-fish or loro Colorado, reachesa foot or more in length. It is found among the West Indiesand south to Brazil. It is common about Porto Rico where itis eaten. S. chrysoptenim, the loro verde, cotoro verde, or blue parrot-fish, is known from Brazil and most of the West Indies, It is 480
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The Parrot-Fishes common about Porto Rico where it reaches a good size and hassome value as a food-fish, 5. lorito, the ioro, occurs among the West Indies and south-ward. Obtained by us in Porto Rico, where it is used as food. S. viride, also known as the Ioro verde, cotoro, or dark-green, parrot-fish, is another West Indian species ranging northto the Bahamas and the Florida Keys. It is common aboutPorto Rico where it is a food-fish of some value. It reaches 2feet in length. While all of these species of loros or co-toros are utilized by the Tortola and St. Thomas fishermenfrequenting the grounds about the east end of Porto Rico, theyare not so much used in Porto Ricoi The genus Scants is also a large one with many species inall tropical seas. Most of them are large fishes of soft flesh,and of no great value. Scams vetiila, the old-wife or vieja, reaches a length of 2feet and is one of the most gorgeous of parrot-fishes. It isgenerally common throughout the West Indies. In Porto Rico

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