. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. Mil' Jordan and Evermann,âFishes of North America, 2317 tinea; a few teeth in front of Jaw which bite against the prttniaxillary t«etli; vomorwith I or 2 irref^ular rows of large blnnt teeth; head with many tlt^shy tentacles, 1 over each <!yo, a row around lower .jaw, 1 on end of maxillary, and a row around preopcrde; operde ending in 2 diverging spines, the lower shor
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. Mil' Jordan and Evermann,âFishes of North America, 2317 tinea; a few teeth in front of Jaw which bite against the prttniaxillary t«etli; vomorwith I or 2 irref^ular rows of large blnnt teeth; head with many tlt^shy tentacles, 1 over each <!yo, a row around lower .jaw, 1 on end of maxillary, and a row around preopcrde; operde ending in 2 diverging spines, the lower shorter; subopercle ending in a spine, its W\* e(|ual with the lower opercular spine, these spines not piercing the akin; gill rakers very short, scarcely developed. Body and fins covered with a soft smooth Hkin, which is exceedingly loose nearly to the ends of fin rays, and entirely covering the dorsal spines. Dorsal spines very short but stout; soft dorsal longer and higher than anal, but in other ways similar, reaching past base of caudal rays; pectoral short, as wide as long, round and fan-shapetl behind, reaching to vertical from base of fourth dorsal ray; origin of ventral far in front of pectorals, the fins reaching to the vertical from the posterior edge of spinous dorsal; caudal well rounded, fan-shaped when spread. Color very pale yellowish brown, thickly covered with round spots of dark brown, those on head smaller; belly with numerous spots, the largest as large as eye; back with many oblong blotches, besides small round spots; fins blotched and banded. Gulf of Mexico, in deep water. This form has a very different coloration from O. iau and the texture of its skin and flesh is also less firm, but the technical ditforences are alight and it is rather a deep-water variety than a species, (pardus, leopard.) liatrachvg tau pardug, Goode & Bean, Pror. F. S. Nat. Mus. 1879,336, Pensacola Snapper Banks; Johdan &. GiLiiERT, Synopsis, 751, 1883; Mkbk &â¢. Hall,
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