. 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. The Scups GENUS STENOTOMUS GILL The Scups This genus is closely related to Calamus, having the same quill- like interhgemal bones; the flattened incisors and antrorse dorsal spine mainly distinguishing it. Two species known. a. Body ovate-elliptical, the depth about the same from the first dorsal spine to the eleventh; pectoral shorter than head, 3I in body; snout short, 2| in head cliiy
. 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. The Scups GENUS STENOTOMUS GILL The Scups This genus is closely related to Calamus, having the same quill- like interhgemal bones; the flattened incisors and antrorse dorsal spine mainly distinguishing it. Two species known. a. Body ovate-elliptical, the depth about the same from the first dorsal spine to the eleventh; pectoral shorter than head, 3I in body; snout short, 2| in head cliiysops, 437 aa. Body elongate-ovate, the depth decreasing backward from the first dorsal spine; pectoral about as long as head, 3| in body; snout long, 2 in head aculeatus, 438 Common Scup; Scuppaug Stenotomus clirysops (Linnteus) This fish is found on our Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Cape Cod, being especially abundant northward. On the New Eng-. land coast it is usually called scup, while about New York it is the paugy or porgy. Farther south it is the fair-maid, and at Charleston 437. 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; Evermann, Barton Warren, joint author. Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page
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