. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Fig. 172.—Blue Smelt or Fez del Rey, Atherinopsis caHforniensis Girard. San Diego. in the sea along the California coast, where they are known familiarly as "blue smelt" or " Peixe ; The most impor- tant of these and the largest member of the family, reaching a length of eighteen inches, is Atherinopsis caHforniensis, an important food-fish throughout California, everywhere wrongly known as smelt. Atherinops afjinis is much like it, but has. Fig. —Flower of the waves, Iso flos-maris, Jordan & Starks .Jap
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Fig. 172.—Blue Smelt or Fez del Rey, Atherinopsis caHforniensis Girard. San Diego. in the sea along the California coast, where they are known familiarly as "blue smelt" or " Peixe ; The most impor- tant of these and the largest member of the family, reaching a length of eighteen inches, is Atherinopsis caHforniensis, an important food-fish throughout California, everywhere wrongly known as smelt. Atherinops afjinis is much like it, but has. Fig. —Flower of the waves, Iso flos-maris, Jordan & Starks .Japan. Enoshima, Y-shaped teeth. Iso flos-maris, called Nami-no-hana, or flower of the surf, is a shining little fish with belly sharp like that of a herring. It lives in the surf on the coast of Japan. Melanotmtia nigrans of Austraha (family Melanotmiiidcc) has the lateral band jet-black, as has also Melaniris balsaniis of the rivers of southern Mexico. Aiherinosoma vorax of Australia has strong teeth like those of a barracuda. Fossil species of Atherina occur in the Italian Eocene, the best known being Atherina macrocepJiala. Another species Rhamphognathiis paralepoides, alhed to Menidia, occurs in the Eocene of Monte 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
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