. 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. ; *i^P 'i i. f 2760 Diilletin ^7, United Stales National Museum. 1«7. SCIADEICIITIIYS TKMMlIVt'KIAXUS (Cuviti- & Valenciennes), text, p. 122. 168. SOIADEICHTHVS FLAVESCENS (Ciivier & Valenciennes), text, p. 123. 109. SOIADIt'HTIIYS MESOPS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 170. SClADEIt'HTHYS PKOOPS (Cuvier &, Valenciennes). Head 4 to 4^; depth 7. D. I, 7; A.
. 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. ; *i^P 'i i. f 2760 Diilletin ^7, United Stales National Museum. 1«7. SCIADEICIITIIYS TKMMlIVt'KIAXUS (Cuviti- & Valenciennes), text, p. 122. 168. SOIADEICHTHVS FLAVESCENS (Ciivier & Valenciennes), text, p. 123. 109. SOIADIt'HTIIYS MESOPS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 170. SClADEIt'HTHYS PKOOPS (Cuvier &, Valenciennes). Head 4 to 4^; depth 7. D. I, 7; A. 18; eye li to lA in snout, 5* to 8 in bead, If to 2i| in the interorbital, 2^ to 3f in the intciocnlar. Slender .and elongate, broader than de»'p. Head deproHsed, its M'idth 1^ in its length, Its depth 2, width at month 2; anterior portion of the head tiat above; top of the head, hnnieral process, and dorsal plate coarsely gran- ular, the granules arranged in series along the fontanel. Occipital pro- cess uiucronate, broader than long; dorsal plate large, butterliy-shaped. Operc! striate; fontanel 1^ times as long as the eye, its center in front of the middle of the eye, continued as a shallow groove. .Jaws suboqual; teeth all villiform, the intermaxillary band very wide and shallow; teeth on the roof of the mouth in 6 contiguous patches. Gill membranes iiieet- ing in an angle, forming a broad fold across the isthmus; gill rakers 5 + 10. Pectoral pores large; vertical series of pores. Distance of dorsal spine from the snout 2\ in the length; the dorsal spine granular in front, striate on the sides, weakly serrate behind, its length \\ to U in head; space between dorsal juid adipose lins 2* to 3 in length, the adipose fin little shorter than the dorsal, the posterior margin frse. Caudal deeply forked, its upper lobe longer, 4 to 4A in the length; anal «'marginate, as high as long, 2 to 2^ in head; ventrals 2 in head; pectoral spine rough- ened or granular in front, serrated b
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