. 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. Jordan and Evermann.—Fishes of North America. :?639 lower eye; 3 or 4 rows of teeth on blind side of , 1 ou eyed side of lower; eyes very large; infcerorbital a high, narrow ridge, sonuiwhat angnlated behind, but with no conspicnous spine or tubercle; snout very short, about \ eye; gill opening not extending above upper edge of pec- toral. Scales cycloid, embedded, so
. 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. Jordan and Evermann.—Fishes of North America. :?639 lower eye; 3 or 4 rows of teeth on blind side of , 1 ou eyed side of lower; eyes very large; infcerorbital a high, narrow ridge, sonuiwhat angnlated behind, but with no conspicnous spine or tubercle; snout very short, about \ eye; gill opening not extending above upper edge of pec- toral. Scales cycloid, embedded, some distance apart anteriorly, their edges not in contact; lateral line nearly straight, with a long dorsal branch which reaches past middle of body. Dorsal and anal high; crigiu of dorsal ou blind side on a level with premaxillary, its first 5 rays on blind side; origin of anal nnder base of pectoral; pectoral of eyed side a little larger than its mate; caudal well rounded. Color dark brown, usu- ally mottled, the colors variable; our specimens from Puget 8ound, very dark, the fins coloiod like body, with light and dark spots; a conspicuous black spot on lateral line on middle of sides. Pacific coast, from 8itka to San Diego. This species is comparatively common in rather deep water and about rocks, being most abundant about Puget Sound. Its apparent abundance as compared with the other species of the genus is doubtless due to its inhabiting shallower waters than they. It is quite variable in form. The above description from a specimen, 6 inches long, from Seattle. {cfcnosxis, m ^dy.) Pleuronichthyt eoenoiug, GiRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 139, San Francisco; GinAHD, U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv., x, Fishes, 151,1858; LocKiNnTON, Rep. Com. Fisthcrios California, 1878-79,45; Lockinoton, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mnn. 1879,97; Jordan & , Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1880,50; Jordan & GiLiirBT, Proc. U. S. Nnt. Miis. 188C, 453; Jor- dan & GiLiiKRT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.
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