. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. The Bass and their Relatives 347 It abounds and golden stripes and a black spot at the shoulder, in the West Indies. On the coast of Japan and throughout Polynesia are nu- merous species of Lethrinus and related genera, formed and J"^^''^.. Fig. 285.—Archosargus unimacnlatus (Bloch), Salema, Striped Family Sparidce. colored like snappers, but with molar teeth and the cheek with- out scales. A common species in Japan is LetJirinns richardsoni. Fossil species of Diplodits, Spams, Pagriis, and Pagellns occur in the Itali
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. The Bass and their Relatives 347 It abounds and golden stripes and a black spot at the shoulder, in the West Indies. On the coast of Japan and throughout Polynesia are nu- merous species of Lethrinus and related genera, formed and J"^^''^.. Fig. 285.—Archosargus unimacnlatus (Bloch), Salema, Striped Family Sparidce. colored like snappers, but with molar teeth and the cheek with- out scales. A common species in Japan is LetJirinns richardsoni. Fossil species of Diplodits, Spams, Pagriis, and Pagellns occur in the Italian Eocene, as also certain extinct genera, Sparnodiis and Trigonodoii, of similar type. Spar nodus macro- phthalnius is abundant in the Eocene of Monte Bolca. The Picarels: Maenidae.—The Mccnidcc, or Picarcls, are elongate, gracefully formed fishes, remarkable for the extreme protrac- tility of the upper jaw. Spicara smarts and several other small species are foimd in the Mediterranean. EminelicJitJiys contains species of larger size occurring in the West Indies and various parts of the Pacific, chiefly red and very graceful in form and color. Emmelidithys vittatus, the boga, is occasionally taken in Cuba, Erythrichthys schlegeli is found in Japan and Hawaii. The Mojarras: Gerridae. — The GerridcE, or Mojarras, have the mouth equally protractile, but the form of the body is different, being broad, compressed, and covered with large. 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
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