. 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. Jordan and Evennann.—Fishes of North America. 1316 ;iiiil all of them are valued an food'fishes. The young are marked with ' or 3 blacliish h^ugthwiHe stripes. Those disappear with age, qiiiclcest in \\w brightly colored species, and persint for a long time in species like //i7JH('rt/'.'/» and inlerntptu$, which agree in coloration with Ilwrntilon parra Mild related specie
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. Jordan and Evennann.—Fishes of North America. 1316 ;iiiil all of them are valued an food'fishes. The young are marked with ' or 3 blacliish h^ugthwiHe stripes. Those disappear with age, qiiiclcest in \\w brightly colored species, and persint for a long time in species like //i7JH('rt/'.'/» and inlerntptu$, which agree in coloration with Ilwrntilon parra Mild related species. (rtV/doS, nneqnal; Tfiffna, aperture, from the pores ;tt Mio cilin). lAWACoNouoN. Hlt>ek«r (TTopi, lU'ur; Conodon): (I Srali'rt itliiivo lateral liiH< in HorittH parullul with tlitt lateral liuo. h. Dorsal rtpineM rather low, the longeat not more than ^ length of lieatl; Heeond anal spine about J bead. c. I'eetorals much shorter than head, not reaching tipH of ventral^; dorsal rays XI, l.'l, the spineH coni|)aratively Hlender, the longOHt J bead; eye more than twice as wide an the narrow preorliital. i'Aoikici, 1681. CO. Pectorals a little longer than bead, about reaching anal fin; dorsal rays XII, 16, the Hidnes Hhort and stont, the longest 2^ in bond; eye3,about i wider than the broad prcorbital. Cyjisii's. 168*2. III). Dorsal spines very high, the longest Ij! in head; second anal spine very btng, about 1| in head; pectorals much shorter than head; interorbital area much less than width ot° orbit; snout obtuse, not much longer than eye; cleft of moutli small, the maxillary extending to front of eye; dorsal and anal spines ex(;eedingly strong, the third dorsal spine the longest; snout naked, the remainder of the bead being scaly; each ray of the soft tins accompanied by a series of minate scales, covering the caudal; arallel with it. (/. Scales comparatively large, less than nine in a vertical series between lirst dorsal spine and the lateral line; coloration oli
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