. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. m I'M IIS ^^!?m^>^%fm>Ww'^^ I ifp i'y.'. t I. I'M ;^ I ii '^ 11 "• ! i :; ': 2780 BttUethi ^7, United States National Museum. obtuse bohiud. Foatunel narrow and short, ending far in front of occipital process, not extending backward us a groove behind the smooth urea of the top of the head; posterior end of fontanel midway between tip of snout and middle of dors
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. m I'M IIS ^^!?m^>^%fm>Ww'^^ I ifp i'y.'. t I. I'M ;^ I ii '^ 11 "• ! i :; ': 2780 BttUethi ^7, United States National Museum. obtuse bohiud. Foatunel narrow and short, ending far in front of occipital process, not extending backward us a groove behind the smooth urea of the top of the head; posterior end of fontanel midway between tip of snout and middle of dorsal shield. Occipital process broad, its edgt'S not straight. Hand of palatine teeth large, but not produced l>ack- ward on the inn«'r margin. * * » There is no evidence of the occur- rence of the true A. ussimilis in Pacific ; 102. OALKICHTIIIX SIJIIINAHENSIS (lileoker), text, i>. 120. I»». (iALKItHTHYS »AKY(;KI>HALUK (Gimtlior). lIead4A (.51 in total); depth 6 (7i in total); width of head 5*. D. I, 7; A. IV, 17. Length (2!>4()0) 11 inches. Hody elongate, compressed behind, the head small, narrow, and moderately depressed anteriorly, the snout not A'ery blunt. Eye ratlier large, placed somewhat above level of angle of mouth, its length 5 in head; width of iuterorbital space 2/; in head; breadth of mouth 2^; length of snout 3^. Teeth villiform, thoso of vomer and palatines rather coarse, bluntly conic; bands of vomerine teeth separated by a rather broad area, each confluent with the neighbor- ing palatine band, the two forming a small oblong patch much smaller than the eye, the division between the palatine and vomer scarcely ai)preciable. I'alatine bnnds without backward ])rolongation. Bands of teeth in Jaws short and broiid. Maxillary barbel reaching about to middle of pectoral 8i)ine; outer mental barbel to base of pectoral; inner slightly more than .J head. Dorsal shield short, cresceut-8hap«'d, a little more than 3 times as broad as long on t
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