Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures . t, Hull. xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., 45;j.( hryaotosns, Lai 6pJ D] , Hist. Nat. Poiss., [V, 586. Hotly compressed ami elevated, covered with very small deciduous, cycloid narrow, terminal, with no teeth. Dorsal single, very long, elevated, falcate, withoutdistinct spines; anal long, low, not falcate, both fins depressed in a groove. Ventralsbehind pecto
Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures . t, Hull. xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., 45;j.( hryaotosns, Lai 6pJ D] , Hist. Nat. Poiss., [V, 586. Hotly compressed ami elevated, covered with very small deciduous, cycloid narrow, terminal, with no teeth. Dorsal single, very long, elevated, falcate, withoutdistinct spines; anal long, low, not falcate, both fins depressed in a groove. Ventralsbehind pectorals (II to 17 rays), pectorals large, falcate; caudal tin moderately line present, much arched in front. Branchiostegals, 0. <HI1 membranes free fromthe isthmus. (Esophagus not armed with spinous teeth. Air bladder large, bifurcatebehind. Pyloric appendages very numerous. Vertebrae 45. LAMPRIS REGIUS, (Bonnaterre), Retz. Zeus regius, Bonnaterre, Ichthyologie, ITss, p. 72, pi. \x\i.\, fig. 155. Zeus gutiatut, BrOsnich, Dansk. Selsk. Skr., in, ITss. :;; Zeus Inn,i, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1225. Lampris lima, GCNTHER, op. it., n, 116.—Crv. ami op. ,11., x, 39. Lampris lauta, Lowe, Fish. Madeira, Lampris regius. Longest dorsal ray shorter than pectorals, which are nearly as long as the head. Analvery low in front, a little higher behind. Head, 3^; depth, If. Radial formula: D. 54; A. 40; V. 14-17; Vert, 23+22; L. 3-4 feet. Color, a rich brocade of silver and lilac, rosy on the belly; everywhere with roundsilvery spots; head, opercles, and back with ultramarine tints, jaws and fins vermillion;flesh red. This form, exceedingly rare in the Mediterranean, has occasionally during the last centurybeen found along the coasts of Europe as far north as Norway, also about Madeira andIceland; it hail been reported from off Newfoundland, Nova Scotia (?), and Maine; nospecimen from the Atlantic had been in the possession of any American museum, when aspeci
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