. American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America north of the Equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . Fishes; Fishes; Fishes. known species of the genus. It is very common in the streams of Porto Rico and is much used as food. It reaches a length of a foot. Colour, brownish above, scales very dark-edged on upper f of side; under parts white; top of head dark; cheeks and opercles white with brassy shades; axil black; a black blotch at base of caudal, disappearing with age; dorsal spines dark; soft dorsal brassy
. American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America north of the Equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . Fishes; Fishes; Fishes. known species of the genus. It is very common in the streams of Porto Rico and is much used as food. It reaches a length of a foot. Colour, brownish above, scales very dark-edged on upper f of side; under parts white; top of head dark; cheeks and opercles white with brassy shades; axil black; a black blotch at base of caudal, disappearing with age; dorsal spines dark; soft dorsal brassy at base, pale at tip; pectoral and ventrals pale; anal yellowish, pale at tip; caudal darker, yellowish at base; peritoneum black. The genus Joturus, characterized by the simple stomach and the coarse truncate incisors, contains only one species. This is the joturo or bobo (J. pilchardi). This species of mullet is an in-. habitant of mountain torrents in the larger islands of the West Indies, also in Costa Rica, and about Vera Cruz and Panama. It attains a length of 2 feet and is one of the largest of the family. It comes to the Havana market from the Rio Almendares and is a food-fish of some importance. 257. 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; Evermann, Barton Warren, joint author. Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page
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