. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 330 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 125. Sea raven (Hemitripterus americanus Gmelin) Eed sculpin; Sea sculpin; Raven; Toadfish; King o'Norway Jordan and Evermann, 1896-1900, p. 2023. Description.âNo one would be likely to confuse the sea raven with any other sculpin, for, as Jordan and Evermann (1896-1900, p. 2023) remark, it is "a most remarkable looking ; It is stouter bodied than our other common sculpins, about three and three-fourths times as long as deep (countin
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 330 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 125. Sea raven (Hemitripterus americanus Gmelin) Eed sculpin; Sea sculpin; Raven; Toadfish; King o'Norway Jordan and Evermann, 1896-1900, p. 2023. Description.âNo one would be likely to confuse the sea raven with any other sculpin, for, as Jordan and Evermann (1896-1900, p. 2023) remark, it is "a most remarkable looking ; It is stouter bodied than our other common sculpins, about three and three-fourths times as long as deep (counting caudal fin), with very large head. Both the jaws of its wide mouth are armed with several rows of very sharp teeth noticeably longer and stouter than the teeth of either the long-horned or the short-horned sculpins. Its most distinctive features, however, which identify it at a glance or a touch, are the fleshy tags, simple and branched, on the head; the outline of its dorsal fin; and the texture of its skin. There is a series of 4 to 8 of the tabs along each side of the lower jaw, three pairs on the top of the snout, and others, variable in number and size, above and in front of the eyes and along the upper jaws. There is also a short but high keel on the top of the snout with a deep r â â "',-,. 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 United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off
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