. 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 -- North America. The Scups GENUS STENOTOMUS GILL The Scups This genus is closely related to Calamus, having the same quill- like interhaemal bones; the flattened incisors and antrorse dorsal spine mainly distinguishing it. Two species known. a. Body ovate-elliptical, the depth about the same from the first dorsal spine to the eleventh; pectoral shorter than head, 3^ in body; snout short, 2-| in head chrys
. 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 -- North America. The Scups GENUS STENOTOMUS GILL The Scups This genus is closely related to Calamus, having the same quill- like interhaemal bones; the flattened incisors and antrorse dorsal spine mainly distinguishing it. Two species known. a. Body ovate-elliptical, the depth about the same from the first dorsal spine to the eleventh; pectoral shorter than head, 3^ in body; snout short, 2-| in head chrysops, 437 aa. Body elongate-ovate, the depth decreasing backward from the first dorsal spine; pectoral about as long as head, 3! in body; snout long, 2 in head aculeatus, 438 Common Scup; Scuppaug Stenotomus chrysops (Linnasus) This fish is found on our Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Cape Cod, being especially abundant northward. On the New Eng-. land coast it is usually called scup, while about New York it is the paugy or porgy. Farther south it is the fair-maid, and at Charleston 437. 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, 1853-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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