. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 335.—Saury, Scombresox saurus (L.). Woods Hole. vegetable feeders, but with much smaller teeth, and the lower jaw with a spear-like prolongation to which a bright-red mem- brane is usually attached. Of the halfbeaks there are several genera, all of the species swimming near the surface in schools and sometimes very swiftly. Some of them leap into the air and sail for a short distance like flying-fishes, with which group the halfbeaks are connected by easy gradations. The com-. FiG. 336—Halfbeak, Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani). Chesapeake Bay. monest species along ou
. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 335.—Saury, Scombresox saurus (L.). Woods Hole. vegetable feeders, but with much smaller teeth, and the lower jaw with a spear-like prolongation to which a bright-red mem- brane is usually attached. Of the halfbeaks there are several genera, all of the species swimming near the surface in schools and sometimes very swiftly. Some of them leap into the air and sail for a short distance like flying-fishes, with which group the halfbeaks are connected by easy gradations. The com-. FiG. 336—Halfbeak, Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani). Chesapeake Bay. monest species along our Atlantic coast is Hyporhamphus uni- fasciatus; a larger species, Hemirhamphus brasiliensis, abounds about the Florida Keys. Euleptorhamphus longirostris, a ribbon- shaped elongate fish, with long jaw and long pectorals, is taken in the open sea, both in the Altantic and Pacific, being common in Hawaii. The Asiatic genus Zenarchopterus is viviparous,. 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, H. Holt and Company
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