. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 402 AMERICAN FISHES. " Fins.—Br. 9—9; D. 12 or 13-0 ; P. 16; V. 12 ; A. 13; C. *' The ventrals originate under the sixth or seventh dorsal ray, but the structure and form of all the fins are nearly as in C. Lucidus. The adipose is not supported by interspinous bones, but it exhibits in the dried specimen a very fine, apparently fibrous structure, which en- tirely disappears when the fin is moistened. In one specim
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 402 AMERICAN FISHES. " Fins.—Br. 9—9; D. 12 or 13-0 ; P. 16; V. 12 ; A. 13; C. *' The ventrals originate under the sixth or seventh dorsal ray, but the structure and form of all the fins are nearly as in C. Lucidus. The adipose is not supported by interspinous bones, but it exhibits in the dried specimen a very fine, apparently fibrous structure, which en- tirely disappears when the fin is moistened. In one specimen the centre between the tip of the snout and end of scales on the caudal, corresponds with the first ray of the ventrals and thirtieth scale of the lateral line; in another it is a little posterior to the first ventral ray, being at the thirty-third scale of the lateral line: in the last specimen the lateral line has seven scales more than the ;. 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : W. A. Townsend
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