. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. THE FISHES OF ALASKA. 311 133. Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier i Valenciennes). Two specimens, 11 and inche.'j, respectively, collected at Tareinski Harbor, Kamchatka, June 21, 1901. The following description is taken from the larger example: Head in length; depth ; eye in head; snout ; maxillarj' ; mandible ; inter- orbital equal to eye; dorsal viii, 15; anal 14; pectoral 18; caudal with 9 forked rays; ventral i, .3; lateral line about 46. Body elongate, somewhat depressed anteriorly, terete posteriorly; caud
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. THE FISHES OF ALASKA. 311 133. Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier i Valenciennes). Two specimens, 11 and inche.'j, respectively, collected at Tareinski Harbor, Kamchatka, June 21, 1901. The following description is taken from the larger example: Head in length; depth ; eye in head; snout ; maxillarj' ; mandible ; inter- orbital equal to eye; dorsal viii, 15; anal 14; pectoral 18; caudal with 9 forked rays; ventral i, .3; lateral line about 46. Body elongate, somewhat depressed anteriorly, terete posteriorly; caudal peduncle stout and short, flattish above and below; head long, its profile nearly straight, a depression l)etween eyes and tlie sharp high nasal spines, a very prominent rounded projection lietween the latter, into which the premaxillary projects, the outline from this projection to snout straight and steep; snout somewhat actite; mouth large, gape extending to lielow middle of pupil; maxillary extending a distance equal to pupil Ijeyond posterior margin or orliit, its lireadth in eye, its edge slipping somewhat under the preorl)ital and its body as a whole fitting into a depression in the cheek so that its surface is on a level with the cheek, thus matching the rest of the cheek in surface and color; maxillary inconspicuous; upper lip a liroad. high fold, lying well back over the anterior edge of maxillary-; teeth small, sharp, in broad villiform bands in jaws, the inner rows somewhat larger, sharper, these depressible and pointing backward; band of teeth in upper jaw interrupted by a naiTow mesial fold; teeth on vomer in a rather large V-shaped patch, the teeth larger than those of jaws; palatines toothless; tongue large, bluntlv round. Anterior nostril in front of eye and consideral)ly lielow nasal spine, posterior nostril a prominent tul)e above and behind anterior nostril and midway between nasal spine and eye; interorliital space rather broad, concave, continuous w
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