. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 182 AMERICAN FISHES. ABDOMINAL MALACOPTERYGU. If THE CAT-FISH. Hvruti Fimelode. Silurun, Fimelodus, VtBiiosiis: RichardBon This singular and hideous family of fishes is distinguished from the others of the same order, by the skin being either naked or pro- tected by large plates, but always destitute of true scales. The inter- maxillaries are suspended under the ethmoid bone, and form the border
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 182 AMERICAN FISHES. ABDOMINAL MALACOPTERYGU. If THE CAT-FISH. Hvruti Fimelode. Silurun, Fimelodus, VtBiiosiis: RichardBon This singular and hideous family of fishes is distinguished from the others of the same order, by the skin being either naked or pro- tected by large plates, but always destitute of true scales. The inter- maxillaries are suspended under the ethmoid bone, and form the border of the upper jaw, while the labials are lengthened out into barbels, or are simply rudimental; it has, also, a second adipose dorsal fin. First rays of the dorsal and pectoral fin spinous. _^, This family contains twenty-five or thirty species peculiar to Ame- rica, which are generally known as Cat-fish, Bull-heads, Bull-pouts, &c. They inhabit the larger lakes and rivers, especially, but are found in all the waters of North America. The commonest and the largest species both belong to the sub- genus Pimelodus, and are well known as Cat-fish ; the ordinary kind measuring only a few inches in length, and never exceeding a few ounces weight; the largest reaching a hundred or even a hundred and fifty pounds, especially in the great northern lakes, and in the western rivers. The great Huron Pimelode, or, as it is often called, the Chan-. 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 : Stringer & Townsend
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