. 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 -- North America. THE BALAOS OR HALF-BEAKS Family XXI. HcmirampliidcB HERBIVOROUS fishes of warm seas; mostly shore species, a few pelagic. They feed chiefly on green algae and, like the related forms, swim at the surface, occasionally leaping in the air. Species of rather small size, rarely exceeding a foot in length. Genera about 7; species about 75. Within our limits there are 4 genera and about 11 spec
. 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 -- North America. THE BALAOS OR HALF-BEAKS Family XXI. HcmirampliidcB HERBIVOROUS fishes of warm seas; mostly shore species, a few pelagic. They feed chiefly on green algae and, like the related forms, swim at the surface, occasionally leaping in the air. Species of rather small size, rarely exceeding a foot in length. Genera about 7; species about 75. Within our limits there are 4 genera and about 11 species. Most of them are of some food value. This family is doubtfully distinct from Exo- ccetidce and the 2 should be combined. The genus Chriodorus contains a single species (C. aflierin- oides) which occurs among the Florida Keys. It is abundant at Key West. It reaches a length of 10 inches and is an ex cellent little panfish. The genus Hyporhamphus contains numerous species in all warm seas. They are all known as half-beaks and swim in large schools usually near shore, where they feed chiefly on green algae. There are 3 species in our waters, all small and not much used as food, though the flavour is excellent. The com-. mon half-beak (H. roberti), of which we give a figure, occurs on both coasts of America, north to Rhode Island and Lower California. It reaches a foot in length. The balaos (genus Hemifamphus) have the body compressed and the sides nearly parallel and vertical. There are 2 species in our waters, both occurring in the West Indies. The genus Euleptorhamphus has the body more slender and more compressed, and the pectoral fins longer. Only i species, found in the West Indies, and reaching a length of 2 feet. 242. 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; Ev
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