. 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. '1 rV Jordan and Evcrmann.—Fishes of North America. 2250 i txlgo oi' aiiiil liglit, iiii(lre!ist with many wull-dofniud HpotH; a (liirk lino running forward and d\vnwiird'Vom eye; a black I tar on edge of prcopercle, and a Idack spot on upper edge of oporcle. A Hpecimon taken at Key West iu thus «leHcribed: i'aht olive, with darker cnms hands formed of dark dots; arowofdar
. 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. '1 rV Jordan and Evcrmann.—Fishes of North America. 2250 i txlgo oi' aiiiil liglit, iiii(lre!ist with many wull-dofniud HpotH; a (liirk lino running forward and d\vnwiird'Vom eye; a black I tar on edge of prcopercle, and a Idack spot on upper edge of oporcle. A Hpecimon taken at Key West iu thus «leHcribed: i'aht olive, with darker cnms hands formed of dark dots; arowofdark dots along middle of side; vertical tins all mottled and faintly barred witli dark olive; ]>ectoralH and ventrals nearly plain. Ti«-ngth 2^ inch<;s. (lulf coaHt of the llnitfd States; (:<mimon in HJiallow waters along the coast from Key West to Texas and south to Jtahia. (mohatita, disturbed.) ilitbioKoma vioU'Mtum, Gikahd, Proc. Ac. Nftt. So,i. T'liiln. 18B8, 100, Indianola, Texas; <}in.\niJ, OOHIUSOMA liOM;i (Lii(Yip<\d(0. (Naked (ronv.) UeadSj^; depth 5 to 6. I). VII-14; A. 10; eye 5, longer than snout. I?ody more elongate; head very broad, ilattish above, with tunii<l ch(;i;ks. Kye small. Mt filamentous; caudal ronnded. Olivaceous, with darker cross shades of rounded spots; vortical fins dusky, faintly barred. Atlantic coast of the I nited States, (Jape (Jod to Florida; gencrjilly common, especially south- ward in shallow grassy bays. (Named f(»r M. Bosc, French consul at ('harleston in the last century; an ardent naturalist.) (lolling hosci, Laci^:pi;db, Hist. Nat. Poias., u, 555, pi. 16, flg 1, 1708, Charleston, South Carolina. (Coll. M. liosc.) (Inhiug alepidotus, Bloch & SriiNElDEn, Syst. Iclithyol., 547, 1801, after LACfePKDK; De Kay, N. Y. Fniina: , 160, pi. 23, (ig. 70,1842. Oobiiiii viridipallrdlit, MiTCHiLL, Trans. Lit, and Philos. Soc. N. T., i, 1814,379, pi. 1, flg. 8, New York, (hihiosoma botti, Joudan & ( iILDE
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