. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. SCIENIOJfe;. 209 The body b long, slender and compressed ; head convex above the eyes, the scales moderate-sized, oval, coveiing the head and gill-covers; the lateral line is slightly curved ; the eyes large; maxillarics, inter- maxillaries, and pharyngeals min itely toothed. The first dorsal fin is triangular, and longer than it is high, of eight weak spines; between this and the second dorsal is a single weak spine.
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. SCIENIOJfe;. 209 The body b long, slender and compressed ; head convex above the eyes, the scales moderate-sized, oval, coveiing the head and gill-covers; the lateral line is slightly curved ; the eyes large; maxillarics, inter- maxillaries, and pharyngeals min itely toothed. The first dorsal fin is triangular, and longer than it is high, of eight weak spines; between this and the second dorsal is a single weak spine. The second dorsal has twenty-eight soft rays, the psctoraln have eighteen soft rays, the ventrals one spine and five soft rays, the anal thirteen, and the caudal seventeen rays. Of this fish there are two distinct varieties, the Otolithus Caroli nensis, also misnamed Trout, which is bluer on the back than the Common Weak-Fish, and is spotted rather than striated; and th Otolithus Drummondiy a smaller species found at New Orleans. The Common Weak-Fish is taken with the hook and reel of all sizes, from a few ounces up to seven or eight pounds, and it is posi- tively asserted even up to thirty, but I have never seen a specimea approaching to such dimensions. ,i /. â n\. 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : W. A. Townsend
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