. 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.—Fishes of North America. 2325 base of the pectoral obli(iuely downward and forward to the level of the inferior base of the pectoral. The 2 dorsal sjjines are slendor, pnnyent, about \ the length of the head. Dorsal and anal fins terminate immedi- ately before the root of the caudal, the length of which is 1 the total; pectoral obliquely rounded, exten
. 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.—Fishes of North America. 2325 base of the pectoral obli(iuely downward and forward to the level of the inferior base of the pectoral. The 2 dorsal sjjines are slendor, pnnyent, about \ the length of the head. Dorsal and anal fins terminate immedi- ately before the root of the caudal, the length of which is 1 the total; pectoral obliquely rounded, extending to the origin of the anal; ventral rather short, not (piite \ the length of the head, extending to the base of the pectoral. Skin perfectly smooth, with some very short tentacles at the lower Jaw. Two short horizontal muciferous channels on the cheek and the lateral line are very distinct; they are not, as usually, eom])osed of ii series of distant pores, but the pores are continent, forming 1 continu- ous groove of a white color. Other mnciferous channels, as for instiiuce along the base of the anal, are composed of separate indistinct pores. Color brown, marbled with darker; pe<"toral fius and sides of the body with some round black spots; chin and ventrals brownish; belly white. The general habit is that of a Batravlms [Ojhiiihiis]. One specimen, from Puerto Cabello, Caribbean Sea. (Uilnther.) (maculosux, spotted.) Thalatsophryuf maculosa, (ICntheh, (.'at., ui, 175. 1861, Puerto Cabello; (ifNTiiER, 'S of Ceutr. Amcr., 430, pi. 08, &g. 1,1869; Meek A: ^ ,. Proc. Ac. Nut, Sci. Phila. 1885, 54. 2057. TIIALASSOPIIKYXK RETHILATA. Oiinthor. D. 11-24; A. 21; V. I, 2; P. 16. The length of the head is ? of the total length (without caudal). The teeth on the ])alate are in a single series, very short, obtuse, incisor-likt;. Pectoral very large, extend- ing back to the sixth anal ray. Head, body, and tins brown, with a net- work of yellowish lines; vertical an
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