. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 210 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 182. SELENE VOMER (LinnsBUS.) "Moon-fish"; "Siin-fish"; "Horse-fish"; Lookdown; Horsehead. Zeug vomer Linnseus, Systema Naturae, ed. x, 1758, 266; America. Selene argentm. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort. Argynomx vomer. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort. Argyriosua capillarie, Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Selene vomer, Jordan, 1886, 27; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887, 88; Beaufort. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 936, pis. cxliv
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 210 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 182. SELENE VOMER (LinnsBUS.) "Moon-fish"; "Siin-fish"; "Horse-fish"; Lookdown; Horsehead. Zeug vomer Linnseus, Systema Naturae, ed. x, 1758, 266; America. Selene argentm. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort. Argynomx vomer. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort. Argyriosua capillarie, Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Selene vomer, Jordan, 1886, 27; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887, 88; Beaufort. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 936, pis. cxliv, cxlv, figs. 393, 393a. ' Linton, 1905, 365; Beaufort. Diagnosis.—Depth in adult about .66 total length; head .33 length; profile from tip of snout to occiput straight; mouth horizontal, the lower jaw small; diameter of eye about equal to length of opercle and to distance from eye to anterior profile; lateral line with a well marked arch anteriorly, the length of arch greater than that of straight part; dorsal rays vii-|-i,23, the spines very low;, anal rays ii + i,18, the 2 anterior spines immovable and sometimes absent; pectorals long, falcate. Color: uniform silvery, (vomer, plowshare.). Fig. 88. Moon-fish; Lookdown. Selene vomer. This species is found on both coasts of America, its range on the east coast being from Brazil to Massachusetts; it is rather common from Chesapeake Bay southward. In the Beaufort region, where it is fenown as "moon-fish", "sun- fish", and "horse-fish", it is common from May throughout the summer, speci- mens 2 to 6 inches long often being taken in the harbor and on the outer beaches in company with mullets and Vomer setipinnis. The food consists chiefly of shrimp, other small crustaceans, and small gastropods and bivalves. The young differs greatly from the adult in appearance, the body being much deeper, the profile less vertical, the ventral fins much longer, and the dorsal rays more produced. An example in the B
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