. 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 Evermann.âFishes of North Amrrica. 127 pn-cediiiK) fi'«">' whicli few liHltorinon* diHtitiKiiisli it with coitainty. (ititiixHiliH, uf the Hiimmor.) riiiif'ii irnliniti', MiTi', Trims. Lit. A Plill. Soc. N. Y., I, IRir., 4'ifi, New York. ,ii i,iijiiiwiiiiilnii, , Hint. KIhIi. Miihn,, Hil, lK(i7, Provincetown, Massachusetts, l;,ânli,bitiiii
. 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 Evermann.âFishes of North Amrrica. 127 pn-cediiiK) fi'«">' whicli few liHltorinon* diHtitiKiiisli it with coitainty. (ititiixHiliH, uf the Hiimmor.) riiiif'ii irnliniti', MiTi', Trims. Lit. A Plill. Soc. N. Y., I, IRir., 4'ifi, New York. ,ii i,iijiiiwiiiiilnii, , Hint. KIhIi. Miihn,, Hil, lK(i7, Provincetown, Massachusetts, l;,ânli,bitiiiii>liniliii, , Hull. KsHi'X Inst., 21, IK"!». Cluiifii imliritliii, Jordan A (Jimieiit, !jytu>|>i*iii, U)I7, 18h:I; McDonalk, In lllit. Ai|imt. Aiiiin,, ri79, 1884. 209. ALOSA, Cnvier. (TlIK SlIAD.) Ahi'^i, f'rviEn, nt'cnn Aninml, K<1. 2, 11. 'MO, lH2'.i, ((i/.)«(t), AI:niMi, CuviKR A Valkni'IRNNkb, IIIhI. Nut. rolHH., x.\, .'iS!), 1847, (fiihjnrif). I?(Mly Shad, A lorn nlova.) «9S^ ALOSA KAPIIIISSIMA (WIIboii). (Common 8iiAi>; Shad ; Noktii Uivkk Shad ; Potomac Shad.) 4i; depth 3. D. ; A. 21; lateral line 60; ventral scutes 21 -f 16. 15()(ly comparatively deep. Mouth rather large, the jaws about equal, thf lower fitting into a notch in the tip of the upper; no teeth. Preorbital iiioilerate; cheeks much deeper than long, the preoperclo extending little forw.'ird, joining the mandible at a point rather behind the eye. Gill rakers extremely long and slender, much longer than eye, about 60 below till' angle of the arch, the ntimber smaller in specimens from the Gulf of Mexico, which perhaps represent a tangible variety. Fins small; dorsal miich nearer snont than base of caudal. Peritoneum white. Hluish above; sides white and silvery; a dark spot behind opercle, and sometimes several along the line dividing the color of the back from that of the sides; axil dusky. Length 2i feet. Atlantic Coast of the United Stat
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