. 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. 651. ZENOPSIS, fiill. /iiwjiih, liirx, Tron. Ac. I'liila. IHlt', I'Jll {nebuhmm). Kody ovate, iiincli (â <)iii])rn,sH«Ml, without hcuIuh, anil without wartH m hiiiii]»H in the adult. Ili-iid deopor than lon^, ItH antttriiu' |irolilbi«'ed high. (Jill rakers short. Dorsal spines very strong usually 10 in nnmber, some of them tilaiuontous; anal spiues :'/^', :v
. 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. 651. ZENOPSIS, fiill. /iiwjiih, liirx, Tron. Ac. I'liila. IHlt', I'Jll {nebuhmm). Kody ovate, iiincli (â <)iii])rn,sH«Ml, without hcuIuh, anil without wartH m hiiiii]»H in the adult. Ili-iid deopor than lon^, ItH antttriiu' |irolilbi«'ed high. (Jill rakers short. Dorsal spines very strong usually 10 in nnmber, some of them tilaiuontous; anal spiues :'/^', :vim; ot/>t?,ai>i}(ii\i- auce. Zens is from , Jujuter.). 2070. ZKNOPKIS (Storer). Head 2^; depth IJ. D. IX, 2(>; A. Ill, LM. IJody short, deep, com- pressed. Skin wholly naked, except for the bony bucklers, which â â¢iic armed each with a central spiiui lutoked backward and nuirked witii radiating ridges; 7 bucklers along the base of the dorsal, the fifth and sixth largest; 2 on the median line in front of the veutrals, the second largest; 1 median plate, 6 i>airs between veutrals and anal, and I aloiii; the base of the anal. Tojt of the head with roughish ridges, but without spines; a spine at the base of each deutary bone; the broad uiaxillarieH each with a supplemental bone; teeth nearly obsolete. Eye largii, mudi ui^arer gill opening than tip of snout, (iill rakers short. Caudal ])ediin- cle very slender, caudal fin short and rounded; pectorals very short; veu- trals large, the rays I, (5, the first soft ray closely a]>2)ressed to the spine; anal spines short and stout, the soft rays, like those of the dorsal, low ; dorsal spines filamentous. Color silvery, nearly plain; a black lateral * Tlio European genus, Zevt, containing the common "John Dory," Zevs faher, a well- known fooil-fish in the Mediterranean, ha8 not been found in American Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may h
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