. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 396 FISHES OP NORTH small or rudimentary, ventral fin of right side joined to anal by a membrane. Of the dozen American species, only 1 is found in North Carolina waters. {Achirus, without hands, that is, pectoral fins.) 343. AOHIRUS FASCIATUS Lacgpfede. "Flounder"; "Hog-olioker"; Sole. Achirus fascicUus Lacdpfede, Histoire Naturelle des Poissona, iv, 659, 662, 1803; Charleston. Smith lS93a, 196; Edenton Bay. Evermann & Cox, 1896, 305; Neuse River near Raleigh. Jordan & Evermann, 1898, 2700, pi. coolxxxvii, fig. 94
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 396 FISHES OP NORTH small or rudimentary, ventral fin of right side joined to anal by a membrane. Of the dozen American species, only 1 is found in North Carolina waters. {Achirus, without hands, that is, pectoral fins.) 343. AOHIRUS FASCIATUS Lacgpfede. "Flounder"; "Hog-olioker"; Sole. Achirus fascicUus Lacdpfede, Histoire Naturelle des Poissona, iv, 659, 662, 1803; Charleston. Smith lS93a, 196; Edenton Bay. Evermann & Cox, 1896, 305; Neuse River near Raleigh. Jordan & Evermann, 1898, 2700, pi. coolxxxvii, fig. 948; Neuse River, Beaufort, etc. Smith, 1901, 134; Lake Mattamuskeet. Achirus lineatus, Yarrow, 1877, 205; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 368; Beaufort, and Neuse River at Goldsboro. Achirus achirus mollis, Jordan, 1886, 30; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887, 93; Beaufort. Diagnosis.—Body broad, the anterior and posterior curves similar, depth contained times in length; head .28 length; mouth extending beyond front of lower eye, right lower lip fringed; upper eye anterior to lower, eye .14 length of head; nostril expanded into a wide tube; gill opening short; head and body covered with ctenoid scales; 66 to 75 in lateral series; lateral line straight; dorsal rays 50 to 55, the fin arising by short rays at tip of snout, rays of posterior third of fin longest; anal rays 37 to 46; caudal rounded; ventral rays 3 or 4. Color: above mottled dusky olive, with 7 or 8 dark, narrow; vertical stripes; every second or third membrane of vertical fins blackish; blind side usually white witli numerous round, dark spots, .sometimes without markings. (Jasciatus, banded.). Fig. 183. Hog-choker. Achirus fasciatiis. The hog-choker is found from Massachusetts to Texas, and is the best known of the American soles. It has the interesting habit of ascending streams, and in p!aces is found permanently in fresh water. As it rarely exceeds 6 inches in length, it is of practically no food value. At Beau
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