. Fishes. Fishes. Labyrinthici and Holconoti 589 species, for which reason almost every species has been prop- erly made the type of a distinct genus. The two 'species found in Japan are Ditrema temmincki and Neoditrenia ran- sonneti. In the latter species the female is always toothless. Close to Ditrema is the blue surf-fish of California, Embiotoca jacksoni, the first discovered and perhaps the commonest species. TcBniotoca lateralis is remarkable for its bright colora- tion, greenish, with orange stripes. Hypsiirus caryi, still brighter in color, orange, green and black, has the abdominal r
. Fishes. Fishes. Labyrinthici and Holconoti 589 species, for which reason almost every species has been prop- erly made the type of a distinct genus. The two 'species found in Japan are Ditrema temmincki and Neoditrenia ran- sonneti. In the latter species the female is always toothless. Close to Ditrema is the blue surf-fish of California, Embiotoca jacksoni, the first discovered and perhaps the commonest species. TcBniotoca lateralis is remarkable for its bright colora- tion, greenish, with orange stripes. Hypsiirus caryi, still brighter in color, orange, green and black, has the abdominal region very long. Phanerodon jurcatus and P. atripes are dull silvery in color, as in Damalichthys argyrosomus, the white surf-fish, which ranges northward to Alaska, and is remarkable for the extraordinary size of its lower pharyngeals. Holconotus rhodo- terus is a large, rosy species, and Amphistichns argenteus a large. Fig. 480.—Silver Surf-fish (viviparoiLs), Hypocritichthus analis (Agassiz). Monterey. Species with dull yellowish cross-bands. Rhachochilus toxotes is the largest species in the family and the one most valued as food. It is notable for its thick, drooping, ragged lips. Hyperprosopon arciiatus, the wall-eye surf-fish, is brilliantly silvery, with very large eyes. H. agassizi closely resembles it, as does also the dwarf species, Hypocritichthys analis, to which the Japanese Neoditrenia ransonneti is very nearly re- lated. The other species are all small. Aheona minima and A. aurora feed on seaweed. BracJiyistius frenatns is the smallest of ah, orange-red in color, while its relative, Zalcmbins rosacius,. 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
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