Excerpt from The Fishes of the Pacific Coast The object of this little volume is to present to students, schools, colleges, anglers, fishermen, tourists and seekers after piscatorial information in general a series of pictures of Pacific Coast game fish, mainly photographed alive and in their natural habitat. In a word, the attempt is to have the pictures tell their own story. To this is added a brief account of the fish, its food, habits, companions, season, value, how it is caught, when, where and how; a little book which will slip into the pocket, yet tell all that it is desirable to know, offhand, enabling the angler or student to recognize at once the fish he has caught or sees in the market, and find its name. Several pictures are included, showing the fishing grounds on various parts of the Pacific Coast, from San Francisco, Monterey, or Del Monte, to the Coronados. This entire region has made the reputation of California by the extraordinary size and number of its game fish. The remarkable photographs of living fish were taken for the author by Mr. Peter V. Reyes of Avalon, in a specially devised tank, by the courtesy of the local zoological station, showing them in their natural environment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.