. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 89. âAPOGON. 563 Family LXXXIX.âAPOGONID^. id to be conic Body oblong, elevated,- covered with usually large, loose, deciduous scales, which are striated and ctenoid or soruetinies cycloid; cheeks g^^ly; lateral line continuous; cleft of mouth wide, oblique; villi- form tPeth on jaws and vomer; canines sometimes present; preopercle commonly with a double ridge, its edge entire or slightly serrated; lower pharyngeals separate, with sharp teeth; pseudobranchiae present; branchiostegals 6 or 7. Dorsal fins well sep
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 89. âAPOGON. 563 Family LXXXIX.âAPOGONID^. id to be conic Body oblong, elevated,- covered with usually large, loose, deciduous scales, which are striated and ctenoid or soruetinies cycloid; cheeks g^^ly; lateral line continuous; cleft of mouth wide, oblique; villi- form tPeth on jaws and vomer; canines sometimes present; preopercle commonly with a double ridge, its edge entire or slightly serrated; lower pharyngeals separate, with sharp teeth; pseudobranchiae present; branchiostegals 6 or 7. Dorsal fins well separated, the first with 6 or 7 rather strong spines; anal fin short, usually with 2 spines; ventral fins thoracic, I, 5. Fishes mostly of the Eastern seas, some of them in fresh waters. Genera about 10; species about 120. (Perci(J«part: group Apogonina GUnther, i, 222-250.) a. Branchiostegals 7; no canines; no recumbent dorsal spine; palatine teeth present; anal spines 2. {Apogonin(e.) I, Lateral line commencing at the head; preopercle with a double ridge; teeth on the palatines Apogon, 291. 991.âAPOGON Lac^pMe. King of the Mullets. {Amia Grouow, not of Linnaeus.) (Lac^pfetle, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii, 411,1802: type Apogon ruber I^ac. = Mullua imberbia L. = Apogonrex-mullorum ;Y.) Body oblong, compressed, covered with very large ctenoid scales. Lateral line continuous. Head large; mouth wide, oblique, the max- illary extending to below the middle of the large eye; vilUform teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; no canine teeth; preopercle with a double ridge, entire or somewhat serrate; opercle with a spine behind. Gill-rakers rather long. Dorsal spines 6 or 7, strong; second dorsal remote, short; anal with 2 spines, the second much the longer, the soft part similar to the soft dorsal; pectorals and ventrals moderate. [amyuiv^ without beard; thus distinguished from the bearded mullet, Mullm.) a. Edges of preopercle serrulate; scales very large. (Apogon.) ^^\ A. amerlcanu
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