. 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 . Fishes; Fishes; Fishes. The Snappers i(-. Prefrontals with the anterior facets developed from simple tuber- cles and not V-shaped. /'. Hyoid bone and tongue with teeth; dorsal spines 12 or 13. Rhoinhoplites, 417 ff. Hyoid bone and tongue toothless; dorsal spines 10 . .Apsiliis, 418 bb. Inteiorbital area flat, Separated by a transverse line ot demarcation from the occipital region. i,'. Head naked above and on s
. 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 . Fishes; Fishes; Fishes. The Snappers i(-. Prefrontals with the anterior facets developed from simple tuber- cles and not V-shaped. /'. Hyoid bone and tongue with teeth; dorsal spines 12 or 13. Rhoinhoplites, 417 ff. Hyoid bone and tongue toothless; dorsal spines 10 . .Apsiliis, 418 bb. Inteiorbital area flat, Separated by a transverse line ot demarcation from the occipital region. i,'. Head naked above and on snout Etelis, 41Q ijg'. Head scaly above and on jaws and snout l^en'/iis, 419 The genus Hoplopagnis is close to Liitianus, from which it differs chietlv in having the anterior nostril remote from the other. The single species is the pargo raisero, H. guntheri. This. interesting species is found only on the Pacific coast of tropical America, and is known from Guaymas to Panama. It is a common food-fish at Guaymas and Mazatlan. It reaches a foot in length. Colour, upper parts dark brown, with 6 double bands of brown running obliquely downward and backward, the fourth and fifth pairs appearing as one; breast and belly maroon purple, becoming less dis- tinct on opercles and sides; a large jet-black spot on baseof caudal peduncle and extending upon soft dorsal; tins dusky-olive, shaded with pmkish and brown; ventrals black-tipped. 404. 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 perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931; Evermann, Barton Warren, joint author. Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page
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