. American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America north of the Equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture. Fishes -- United States. THE SAILFISHES Family XXX V. IstiophoridiB Body elongate, much compressed, covered with elongate scutes; bones of upper jaw consolidated into a sword, which is roundish on the edges and spear-like, shorter than in Xiphias\ jaws with small, persistent granular teeth; ventral fms of i or 2 rays each, attached to a pelvic arch; dorsal single or divided into 2 contiguous portions, the first
. American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America north of the Equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture. Fishes -- United States. THE SAILFISHES Family XXX V. IstiophoridiB Body elongate, much compressed, covered with elongate scutes; bones of upper jaw consolidated into a sword, which is roundish on the edges and spear-like, shorter than in Xiphias\ jaws with small, persistent granular teeth; ventral fms of i or 2 rays each, attached to a pelvic arch; dorsal single or divided into 2 contiguous portions, the first much longer than the second, the fin-rays distinct, the first rays of dorsal distinctly spinous; anal divided, last rays of dorsal and anal suctorial; caudal peduncle with 2 fleshy crests or keels; vertebrae 12 + 12=24, elongate, hourglass-shaped; neural and haemal spines flag-like; ribs well developed; air-bladder very large, sacculate, of numerous separate divisions; intestine short, straight; gills reticulated as in Xiphias. Two genera, with about 5 species, oceanic, similar in character and habits to the swordfishes, but smaller in size. The genus Istiophorus contains a single species (I. nigricans), known variously as sailfish, spikefish, boohoo, guebucu, voilier, agula volador, The sailfish occurs in the West Indies and warmer parts of the Atlantic north to Key West and France. It is rather common about the Florida Keys, and examples have been taken at New- 291. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York : Doubleday, Page & Co.
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