. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 37. ('LIJPKH).!;âlUlKVOOKTIA. 200 inj; iK'iirly lo middlr â¢t'otlut. (Jill raUors vory lonff and Nlciidcr. I)r- Hiil till iiiNci'tcd ill IVoiit r vciitraiN, iinirli iioarrr Ntioiit Miaii bas<* of (van- dal. noiNai (lliiiiH'iit alMdit aH loiijf hh li«'ad. Anal v«Ty low. Paired tins Hiiinll. H(;alH rather llriii, hiikioMi. II(^a; ; Lat. 1. TiO; Hciitew 17 + 11. AManti<', coantH of Ainciica, (!lii('ily soiitliwat'd, ilie IU^hIi Haid to Im* Hoinctiincs poisonoiiH. » "' (ClHiwa IhriHHd OhImtU, lti)iwri<;a
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 37. ('LIJPKH).!;âlUlKVOOKTIA. 200 inj; iK'iirly lo middlr â¢t'otlut. (Jill raUors vory lonff and Nlciidcr. I)r- Hiil till iiiNci'tcd ill IVoiit r vciitraiN, iinirli iioarrr Ntioiit Miaii bas<* of (van- dal. noiNai (lliiiiH'iit alMdit aH loiijf hh li«'ad. Anal v«Ty low. Paired tins Hiiinll. H(;alH rather llriii, hiikioMi. II(^a; ; Lat. 1. TiO; Hciitew 17 + 11. AManti<', coantH of Ainciica, (!lii('ily soiitliwat'd, ilie IU^hIi Haid to Im* Hoinctiincs poisonoiiH. » "' (ClHiwa IhriHHd OhImtU, lti)iwri<;a, Ih at l<t<Mt vrry Hiiiiilar.) ^VOOItTIA (iill. Mcnlunh'UH. (Gill, I'll"'. Arnd. Nat. Hci. Phila. IHOl, ;{7: \y\ui CIupra mcnhadm Mitch. ^Clupe t!)rainiuH htitrit\»\) i : i is 15<)dy clliptiiral, eoml^^^^H<1(l, doopost anteriorly, tajifrin^ Ix^liind. Ilciid very larj^e. OlieekH de<'per than lon^. Month lar^e, tin; lower jiiw inelmleil. N«» teeth, (iill rakers very I(»n^ and Hlend(T, detiHely set. (iillarehes an^nlarly bent. Scjalos deeper than lonjf, (!los(?ly im- bricated, tliiMr eA'poNcd edjj;eH vertieal, and fliite0-(}5. Gulf of Mexico. (Goode.) , , .. ((!o()(l(>, Proc. U. S Nat. Mus. i, 39, 1878.) : ; ':*" *"8caU'H (ivorywhere with thoir edges strongly Herratcd. ,.j; â 450. B. tyrannus* (Latrobo) Goode.âMenhaden; Momhunkvr; Bony-finh; IVliite- Jiah; Buy-fish; Fat-hack; Ydlow-tatl, Head and jaws shorter than in B. patronua. Fins comparatively short, *A paraHitio CruBtacoan (Oniacus prwgusiator Latrobe) is found in the nioiithsof a very largo jiroportion of the individuals of this species. The specific names l)oth of the fish and the Crustacean refer to this p -culiarity, the ancient Roman rulers (tyranni) having had their tasters (prwguetatores) to tasto their food before them, to prevent poisoning. :''M t n. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
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