. 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. U ' a if- V t. r â ^1 ! i. I ii!!!.' PfiJ, . 1 I 1036 BuUeliu 4y, IhiUcd States National Museum. of snout; inoutbinodorate, theluaxillnry reaching to Ixilow posterior mm gill of eye. .JuwHBiil>e(|ual; villiforiii tectli in broad bands on jaws, vomer, and palatinos. Skin thick and firm; gill nifnibranes forming a modfratt- fold across tho istlimiiH; n|i]irr band of H(;al
. 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. U ' a if- V t. r â ^1 ! i. I ii!!!.' PfiJ, . 1 I 1036 BuUeliu 4y, IhiUcd States National Museum. of snout; inoutbinodorate, theluaxillnry reaching to Ixilow posterior mm gill of eye. .JuwHBiil>e(|ual; villiforiii tectli in broad bands on jaws, vomer, and palatinos. Skin thick and firm; gill nifnibranes forming a modfratt- fold across tho istlimiiH; n|i]irr band of H(;alos of about 4 rows, narrower than tho interspace; (irst 3 spines of dorsal about equal, lower than thos. following; soft dorsal high. Olivaceous or roddish, more or less mottled and barred with darker; belly and lower parts pale, jtrofusely covered wit li small blackish spots; (iiiH all more or less speiiklcd; skin Joining bones oi jaws llnely spotted with black. Length 18 inches. Kamchatka to Sjih Francisco; abundant from Tuget Sound to 8itka; not common in Berin;; Sea. Smaller than HiinilepidoluHJorilani aud much more varied in color. Here described from a spe(;imon 9 inches in length, from I'uget Sound. Although much less abuinbint in IJcring Sea than II. jordani, this is tlu' only «i)ecieH which came into the hands of the older writers. The Cothm fn(vltiini8 «tf Pallas, BUpsius renliicoaus Eschscholtz, H. lilenii Ciivier A ValeiicienneH, and II. {lihbai Gill, all belong here. In addition to tli( striking ditl'crences in color, H. iHinVvp'ulotus is distinguished by tbeuiiicli narrowi-r and deeper interorbital spact^ and the more extensive! grannlii- tions of i\\v bones of the head in adults. Tlu^ occipital and temporiil ridges arc more elevated, the granulations liner, extending onto upper portion of opcrele, sulnnbital ring, and bony bridge across cheek. Tlic opercular rib and the suborbital stay are snujotli or faintly striate in II. joidiivi. The vertical lins an^
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