. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OP FISHES. 71 41. SOHILBEODES FURIOSUS (Jordan & Meek). "Mad-tom"; "Tabby-cat". Noturua funosua Jordan & Meek, in Jordan, 1889a, 351, pi. xliii; Neuae River near Raleigh. Jordan, 18896, 12b, 127; Tar and Neuse rivers. Notvrua deutherus, Jordan & Brayton, 1878; Tar River (not N. eleuiherus of Jordan). Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 368; Neuse River at Goldsboro, SchUbeodo f-urioaua, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 149, pi. xxix, figs. 69, 69o, 696; eastern North Carolina. Diagnosis.—^Depth contained time
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OP FISHES. 71 41. SOHILBEODES FURIOSUS (Jordan & Meek). "Mad-tom"; "Tabby-cat". Noturua funosua Jordan & Meek, in Jordan, 1889a, 351, pi. xliii; Neuae River near Raleigh. Jordan, 18896, 12b, 127; Tar and Neuse rivers. Notvrua deutherus, Jordan & Brayton, 1878; Tar River (not N. eleuiherus of Jordan). Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 368; Neuse River at Goldsboro, SchUbeodo f-urioaua, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 149, pi. xxix, figs. 69, 69o, 696; eastern North Carolina. Diagnosis.—^Depth contained times in total length; head contained times in length; lower jaw included; dorsal spine less than .5 length of head; pectoral spine very broad and long, contained times in length of head, anterior (outer) margin finely serrate, poster- ior margin with 6 to 8 strong recurved hooks; adipose fin large; anal rays 14; caudal fin long and rounded. Color: light brown, with black saddle-like blotches on back and head, and black bars or streaks on dorsal, adipose, caudal, anal, and ventral fins. (Juriosus, furious.). Fig. 20. Mad-tom. Schilbeodes juriosus. Found only in Tar, Neuse, and Little rivers. Length 4 inches. The pec- toral spines are more strongly developed than in any other species of American cat-fish, and the secretion of the axillary gland is said to be more poisonous than in any other mad-tom. Order PLECTOSPONDYLI. The Carp-like Fishes. This order includes a majority of the fresh-water fishes of the world, and is numerously represented, in the local fauna. The 4 anterior vertebrae are united and peculiarly modified, giving rise to a series of small bones (Webberian ossi- cles) which connect the air-bladder with the ear; the opercular bones are well developed; the branchiostegals are few in number; the body is scaled; the dorsal fin is single, and it and the other fins are without true spines. Most of the Ameri- can species belong in a suborder (Eventognathi) in whi
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