. Fishes. Fishes. The Squamipinnes 619 fish, lancet-fish, tang, barbero, etc., and it forms a very effective weapon against fish or man who would seize one of these creatures by the tail. The species have the center of distribution in the East Indies and have not reached Europe. Three species are found in the West Indies. The blue tang {Teiithis cosruleus) is chiefly bright blue. The common tang, Teuthis chirurgiis, is brown with bluish streaks, while a third species, Teuthis bahi- anus, has a forked caudal fin. Very close to this species is Teuthis crestonis, of the west coast of Mexico, and
. Fishes. Fishes. The Squamipinnes 619 fish, lancet-fish, tang, barbero, etc., and it forms a very effective weapon against fish or man who would seize one of these creatures by the tail. The species have the center of distribution in the East Indies and have not reached Europe. Three species are found in the West Indies. The blue tang {Teiithis cosruleus) is chiefly bright blue. The common tang, Teuthis chirurgiis, is brown with bluish streaks, while a third species, Teuthis bahi- anus, has a forked caudal fin. Very close to this species is Teuthis crestonis, of the west coast of Mexico, and both are closely related to Teuthis matoides, found from India to Hawaii. Teuthis triostegus, of Japan and Polynesia and the East Indies, is covered with cross-bands alternately black and pale. ^..^^^^^mz^^ _. Fig. 513.—Brown Tang, Teuthis bahianus (Ranzani). Tortugas, Fla. In Hawaii this is replaced by the very similar Teuthis sand- wichensis. Many species are found about Hawaii and the other Polynesian Islands. Teuthis achilles has a large blotch of bril- liant scarlet on the tail, and Teuthis olivaceus a bright-colored mark on the shoulder. Teuthis lineatus, yellow with blue stripes, a showily colored fish of the coral reefs, is often poison- ous, its flesh producing ciguatera. Zebrasonia differs from Teuthis in having but 4 or 5 dorsal spines instead of 10 or 11. In this genus the soft dorsal fin is very high. Zebrasoma flavescens, sometimes brown, sometimes bright. 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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