. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 340.—Pescado bianco, CMrostoma humboldtianum (Val.). Lake Chalco, City of Mexico. nearly all different from these was obtained by Dr. Seth E. Meek in the lake of Patzcuaro, farther south. In this lake were found Ch. attennatum, Ch. patzcuaro, Ch. humboldtianum, Ch. grandocule, and Cli. estor. The lake of Zirahuen, near Chapala, contains Ch. estor and Ch. zirahuen. Still another species, CJi. jordani, is found about the city of Mexico, where it is sold baked in corn-husks. Along the coasts of Peru, Chile, and Argentina is found still another assemblage of fishes of the ki
. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 340.—Pescado bianco, CMrostoma humboldtianum (Val.). Lake Chalco, City of Mexico. nearly all different from these was obtained by Dr. Seth E. Meek in the lake of Patzcuaro, farther south. In this lake were found Ch. attennatum, Ch. patzcuaro, Ch. humboldtianum, Ch. grandocule, and Cli. estor. The lake of Zirahuen, near Chapala, contains Ch. estor and Ch. zirahuen. Still another species, CJi. jordani, is found about the city of Mexico, where it is sold baked in corn-husks. Along the coasts of Peru, Chile, and Argentina is found still another assemblage of fishes of the king, with very small scales, constituting the genera Basiiiclithys and Castropterus {Piscir£gia). Basilichthys microlepidotus is the common Pesca del Rey of Chile. The small silversides, or "brit," of our Atlantic coast belong to numerous species of Menidia, Menidia notata to the northward and Menidia menidia to the southward being most Fig. 341.—Sllverside or Brit, Kirtlandia vagrans (Goode & Bean). Pensacola. Kirtlandia laciniata, with ragged scales, is common along the Virginia coast, and K. vagrans farther south. Another small species, very slender and very graceful, is the brook silver-. 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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