. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 107. COTTID^—HEMILEPIDOTUS. 715 broad, shortish, about reaching ventj distance from spinous dorsal to si:out greater than length of pectoral. Head 3; depth 5. D. Ill, VIII, 20; A. IC; V. 1,4; Lat. 1. 00. L. 10 inches. Coast of California, in rather deep waterj seen by us only about Monterey and San Francisco. {Califeilepidotm apinoBua Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 7G, 1855; Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 134; Girard, U. S. Pac. K. R. Surv. Fish. 68.) 1098. H. jordani Bean. Throat and belly pure white; u
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 107. COTTID^—HEMILEPIDOTUS. 715 broad, shortish, about reaching ventj distance from spinous dorsal to si:out greater than length of pectoral. Head 3; depth 5. D. Ill, VIII, 20; A. IC; V. 1,4; Lat. 1. 00. L. 10 inches. Coast of California, in rather deep waterj seen by us only about Monterey and San Francisco. {Califeilepidotm apinoBua Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 7G, 1855; Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 134; Girard, U. S. Pac. K. R. Surv. Fish. 68.) 1098. H. jordani Bean. Throat and belly pure white; upper parts brownish, with wavy darker bait*. Dorsal band of scales with but 4 rows in its widest part. Eye as long as snout, 4 in head, the short diameter equal to interorbital space; maxillary extending to below middle of eye; top of head corru- gated ; distance of spinous dorsal from snout equal to length of pectoral; first dorsal spine as long as maxillary; longest dorsal spine 2^ in head; pectoral reaching anal; ventral nearly or quite to vent; a narrow fold of skin across istumus. Head 2|; depth 4J. D. Ill, VIII, 21; A. 17; V. I, 4. L. 13 inches. TJnalashka. (Bean, Proc. U. S- Nat. Mus. 1881,153.) aa. Belly covered with small hlack spots. 1099. H. trachurus (Pallas) GUuther. Olivaceous or reddish, more or less mottled and barred with darker; belly and lower parts pale, profusely covered with small blackish spots; fins all more cr less speckled; skin joining bones of jaws finely spotted with black. Body robust, not depressed. Head large; interorbital space deeply concav^e, its width % diameter of the large eye; occipital ridges low and broad; bones of top of liead extremely rough, naked; with radiating striae, but without spines; small flaps over posterior part of eye, at occiput, over opercle, and on cheek, maxilla^'y, preor- bital, mandible, and tip of snout. Skin thick and firm; gill-membranes forming a slight fold across the isthmus; upper band of scalos of about 4 ro
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