. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 210 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. Family CARANGIIh€. 10. Caranx dasson Jordan & Snyder, new (Fig- 2, text.) Head in length to base of caudal; depth ; depth of caudal peduncle 7 in head; eye 4; snout ; interorbital space ; dorsal vii-i, 25; anal ii-i, 21; scutes 22. Dorsal contour not greatly elevated, the outline rather gently curved from snout to origin of dorsal; interorbital region elevated, with a rather sharp ridge; snout long, pointed; lower jaw so
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 210 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. Family CARANGIIh€. 10. Caranx dasson Jordan & Snyder, new (Fig- 2, text.) Head in length to base of caudal; depth ; depth of caudal peduncle 7 in head; eye 4; snout ; interorbital space ; dorsal vii-i, 25; anal ii-i, 21; scutes 22. Dorsal contour not greatly elevated, the outline rather gently curved from snout to origin of dorsal; interorbital region elevated, with a rather sharp ridge; snout long, pointed; lower jaw somewhat shorter than the upper: maxillary with supplemental bone, extending posteriorly to a point below anterior margin of eye, its free edge concave; premaxillary protractile; teeth in jaws minute, sharply pointed, rather widely spaced; those of vomer and palatines in villiform bands; a narrow band on tongue; lips thick, their surfaces covered with short, stumpy papilla-; edge of preorbital sharp, overhanging upper edge of maxillary and part of lip, its width posteriorly less than that of maxillary: lateral line arched somewhat more than dorsal contour; 22 scutes on straight portion, the scutes largest on caudal peduncle where they form a high, sharp ridge; opercles and sides of occipital region scaled; throat, chin, snout, upper part of head and a narrow space extending backward to base of dorsal fin naked; body completely. w -— m 3* ^^^2^ Fig. 2.—Caranx dasson Jordan »fc Snyder, new species. Type. scaled; eye surrounded with a broad rim of adipose tissue; opercle and preopercle with membranous edges; third dorsal spine longest, in head; first and second spines very weak, the second almost as long as third; soft dorsal and anal of nearly equal length, the rays not greatly elongate, the longest ::.2 in head, each fin with a posterior tinlet which is not detached; a high membranous, finely scaled sheath along bases of fins; pectoral falcate, in length, extending
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