. 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 -- United States. Mycteroperca This species readies S inches in length and is rather common on our Pacific coast from Mazatlan to Panama. The genus Dennatolepis resembles Epincphelus, but it has the body shorter and deeper, the head small and much compressed, the interor- bital narrow, the soft dorsal very long, the anal short, and the scales all cycloid, small, and embedded. Four species are known, 3 of
. 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 -- United States. Mycteroperca This species readies S inches in length and is rather common on our Pacific coast from Mazatlan to Panama. The genus Dennatolepis resembles Epincphelus, but it has the body shorter and deeper, the head small and much compressed, the interor- bital narrow, the soft dorsal very long, the anal short, and the scales all cycloid, small, and embedded. Four species are known, 3 of which occur in our waters. None of them is of much value as food. The accompanying illustration of our most interesting species, D. iLiiir/ifs, will serve to indicate the. character of this group. This species reaches 2 feet in length, and is known only from Key West. GENUS MYCTEROPERCA GILL Cranium broad and transversely concave between the eyes, its lateral crests very strong, nearly parallel with the supraoccipital crest, and extending much farther forward than the latter; lower jaw strongly projecting; anal tin long, usually with 11 or 12 rays; caudal lunate; spines of fins slender, none much elevated; scales small, mostly cy- cloid, those of the lateral line simple; pyloric coeca few. From Epine- phelus this genus may be distinguished by its longer anal, larger mouth, and more slender body. 389. 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. New York : Doubleday, Page & Co.
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