. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 300 BULLETIN OF THE BUBEAU OF FISHEEIES 114. Burrfish (Chilomycterus schwpfi Walbaum) Pokcupinefish ; Rabbitfish; Oysteefish Jordan and Evermann, 1S96-1900, p. 1748. Description.âThe burrfish resembles the puffer (p. 29S) in general appearance and in the location of its dorsal and anal fins, but its skin is armed with short, stout, triangular spines instead of being merely prickly. These spines are sparsely scat- tered all over the trunk, with about 9 or 10 from nose to tail along any gi
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 300 BULLETIN OF THE BUBEAU OF FISHEEIES 114. Burrfish (Chilomycterus schwpfi Walbaum) Pokcupinefish ; Rabbitfish; Oysteefish Jordan and Evermann, 1S96-1900, p. 1748. Description.âThe burrfish resembles the puffer (p. 29S) in general appearance and in the location of its dorsal and anal fins, but its skin is armed with short, stout, triangular spines instead of being merely prickly. These spines are sparsely scat- tered all over the trunk, with about 9 or 10 from nose to tail along any given line. Furthermore, the burrfish is oval in outline, not fusiform like the puffer; the open- ings of its nostrils are prolonged in a single tubular tentacle; the bony jaw plates are not divided by a median suture as they are in the pufferâhence each jaw apparently is armed with a single very broad incisor instead of with two; the pectoral fin is not only much larger than in the puffer but is situated behind instead of below the gill opening; the eye is round, not oval; and the anal fin is below, not behind the dorsal. We need only note in addition that these two fins (there is no spiny dorsal) â â¢â â. Fig. 139.âBurrfish (Chilomycterus schapfti) are both rounded and of 10 to 12 rays, the caudal is very narrow and round-tipped, the pectorals are much broader than long, and that there are no ventrals. Color.âThe ground color varies from green to olive or brownish above, with pale, usually yellow tinted, belly. The back and sides are irregularly striped with olive brown, dusky, or black lines that run roughly parallel with one another and obliquely downward and backward. There is a dark blotch on each side at the base of the dorsal fin, a smaller one between the latter and the anal, one above the base of the pectoral, and a fourth close behind the latter fin. Size.âLength to 10 inches. General âCoast of the United States, Massachusetts Bay to Florida; plentifu
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