. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 223 anal rays 111,15; caudal rounded; ventrals much shorter than pectorals. Color: silvery white, with large irregular dark spots and blotches, (regidiis, little king.) A 1-inch-specimen of this species, heretofore known only from the coast of Cuba, was obtained by the steamer Fish-Hawk off Beaufort in the summer of 1902; it was doubtless a mere straggler, wafted there by the Gulf Stream. The maximum length is about inches. Genus PEPRILUS Cuvier. Harvest-fishes. Body much compressed, orbicular; head short, anterior pr
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 223 anal rays 111,15; caudal rounded; ventrals much shorter than pectorals. Color: silvery white, with large irregular dark spots and blotches, (regidiis, little king.) A 1-inch-specimen of this species, heretofore known only from the coast of Cuba, was obtained by the steamer Fish-Hawk off Beaufort in the summer of 1902; it was doubtless a mere straggler, wafted there by the Gulf Stream. The maximum length is about inches. Genus PEPRILUS Cuvier. Harvest-fishes. Body much compressed, orbicular; head short, anterior profile obtuse; cau- dal peduncle slender, without keel; mouth terminal, oblique, jaws about equal; lateral line arched, continuous; dorsal fin long, with anterior rays muclvelongated, anal fin similar; caudal fin large and strongly forked; pectorals long and narrow; ventrals absent, represented by a single sharp spine attached to pubic bone. One species on the Atlantic coast of the United States. 193. PEPRILUS ALEPIDOTUS (Linnaeus). "Star"; "Star-fish"; Harvest-fish. - 7Stromaleu8 paru Linnseus, Systema Naturae, ed. x, 248, 1758; Jamaica. ChtBtodon alepidotus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 460, 1766; Charleston. Rhombus paru, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 965; 1898, 2849; pi. cl, fig. 404. Stromateus alepidoiua, Kendall & Smith, 1894, 21; Hatteras Inlet. Fig. 95. Harvest-fish; Star-pish. PeprUits cdepidotus. Diagnosis.—^Depth .66 to .75 length; caudal peduncle very short and narrow, its depth equal to distance from pupil to end of snout; head small, .25 to .28 length; mouth very 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 Smith, Hugh McCormick, 1865-1941. Raleigh, N. C. : E. M. Uzzell
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