. 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. Sea-bass From the common sea-bnss this species may be readily distin- guished by the much shorter and wider-set gill-rakers, and the colour, which is a pale olive, somewhat darker on the back; side with 3 lon- gitudinal rows of quadrate black blotches, the upper series obscure along base of caudal, the second distinct and placed just below lateral line, the 9 anterior blotches of the ser
. 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. Sea-bass From the common sea-bnss this species may be readily distin- guished by the much shorter and wider-set gill-rakers, and the colour, which is a pale olive, somewhat darker on the back; side with 3 lon- gitudinal rows of quadrate black blotches, the upper series obscure along base of caudal, the second distinct and placed just below lateral line, the 9 anterior blotches of the series somewhat confluent; the lower series very distinct jet-black and not confluent, placed alongside of belly; caudal tin with middle rays black, the outer pale, all with darker C. philadelphiciis, the rock sea-bass, is found on rocky shores of South Carolina, in rather deep water. It is rather common about Charleston, but has not been seen elsewhere. It reaches 8 or 10 mches in length, and may be known by the fleshy filaments on the dorsal spines. Another species, C. rufiis, has been described from Martinique, but it is of doubtful validity. The genus Diplectnnu is close to Pn'onodcs, from which it differs chiefly in the armature of the preopercle, which is provided in the adult with I or 2 clusters of strong, straight, divergent spines; smooth area on top of head large; profile of snout rounded; pectoral unsymmetri- cally rounded, its upper rays longest; ventrals inserted somewhat before axil of pectoral; dorsal spines slender, none of them much ele- vated; soft dorsal short, the rays X, 12; anal 111, 7; caudal lunate. Several species, all American, and all small, brightly coloured fishes, none of much food-value. 30S. 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;
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