. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 172 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES by about two slender rays. The dorsal fin stands above the anal as in the nine- spined species, but both these fins taper less from front to rear, and the caudal is relatively longer and narrower than in any of our other sticklebacks. Color.—Brownish olive or greenish brown above with dark mottlings that alternate below the lateral line with the silvery white of the belly. The fin membrane of the ventrals is red. Males are much darker than females.
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 172 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES by about two slender rays. The dorsal fin stands above the anal as in the nine- spined species, but both these fins taper less from front to rear, and the caudal is relatively longer and narrower than in any of our other sticklebacks. Color.—Brownish olive or greenish brown above with dark mottlings that alternate below the lateral line with the silvery white of the belly. The fin membrane of the ventrals is red. Males are much darker than females. Size.—One and one-half to two and one-half inches long. General range.—An American fish, known along the coast from New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia to Virginia; at home both in salt and in brackish water and running up into fresh Fig. 77—Adult. 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 United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off
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