. 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. j'l: i:. i ii! ' ^1 1 ^B IB 1 m m li050 Diilletin /7, United States National Museum. I I'latama dvineniiiii, Lii,!:H(>Hn,Vcl). All. Hniidl. 1850, :i60, , mouth of River Dwina. J'leuroneelvn/rankiiiiii, UOntiiek, (jut. FIhIi., iv,442. 1802, Arctic Beas of America, feiiiulu; liKAN, I'roc. U. S. Nut. ,241. Liojiietta glaeialii, JOHDAH & (ioHS, Keviuw
. 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. j'l: i:. i ii! ' ^1 1 ^B IB 1 m m li050 Diilletin /7, United States National Museum. I I'latama dvineniiiii, Lii,!:H(>Hn,Vcl). All. Hniidl. 1850, :i60, , mouth of River Dwina. J'leuroneelvn/rankiiiiii, UOntiiek, (jut. FIhIi., iv,442. 1802, Arctic Beas of America, feiiiulu; liKAN, I'roc. U. S. Nut. ,241. Liojiietta glaeialii, JOHDAH & (ioHS, Keviuw Floiiii(ier8 niul Solus, 2UD, pi. 1?, 1880. 8021. LIOPNKTTA FUTNAMI ((iill). (Ekl-iiack Fioundkk.) - Head 3^; depth 2. D. 55; ; scales 70 (poros). Body oblong, ovat<s Eyes rather Bniall, separated by a naked elevated ridge. Jaws sometimes each with 2 distinct rows of teeth, the interrupted outer series of truncatt;, close set, thickish, incisor-like teeth, which are sometimes movable; the Inner row of similar teeth luore widely set and rather distant from tlut outer row (and often or generally wanting); about 20 teeth in onU'v row in lower jaw; right side of each jaw toothless; interorbital ridge contin- uous, with a broad, naked, smoothish, tuberculose ridge, which joins the lateral line. Scales small, distant, iioniuibricate, smooth in the female, and more or less ctenoid in the male, those on blind side smaller. Fins moderate, somev;hat scaly; anterior rays of dorsal low; pectoral a little more than ^ head; bases of vertical iins not tuberculate; ami! spine pres- ent; lower pharyngeals separate, broad, with coarse teeth. Grayish brown, mottled with darker brown; fins with blackish spots. Length 10 inches. Atlantic coast of North America, from Cape Cod northward to Labrador and beyond; occasionally found in abundance. This species is rather common along the coast of northern Massachusetts and northward to Labrador. Specimens are frequently found in the markets, mixed
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