. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 566 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. FIGURE 1. Fanfish, Pferadis velifera. Photograph of the mounted specimen courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jollo, California. cm. tlirouo-h area just anterior to caudal fin, cm. throngli area of operoiluiii: scales variable, many Avith centrally placed spine; scales hard and fitting tiglitly against body: month and margin of opercnlnm almost inclistingnishable in fresh specimen;
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 566 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. FIGURE 1. Fanfish, Pferadis velifera. Photograph of the mounted specimen courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jollo, California. cm. tlirouo-h area just anterior to caudal fin, cm. throngli area of operoiluiii: scales variable, many Avith centrally placed spine; scales hard and fitting tiglitly against body: month and margin of opercnlnm almost inclistingnishable in fresh specimen; mouth appears almost verti- cal from a lateral vi<'A\ : iris pale orange-red; body cavity extremely short, limited to anterior quarter of body; body bright silvery; dorsal and anal fin membranes, thin, delicate and jet black (possibly colored in living specimen ) ; dorsal and anal fin rays progressively smaller from anterior to posterior becoming long, slender and thread-like, about 34 in the dorsal fin and 32 in the ventral fin; double row of teeth in both jaws, about 24 teeth in one row in each half of a jaw; occasional teeth between the two rows. REFERENCES Berg, Leo S. 1947. Classification of fishes hoth recent and fossil. URSS Acad. Sci., Inst. Zool., Travaux, vol. 5. no. 2, p. 87-517. Jordan, David Starr and John O. Snyder 1901. Description of nine new species of fishes contained in museums of Japan. Imperial Univ. Coll. Sci., Journ., vol. 15. p. 301-811. Smith. .7. L. B. 1949. The sea fishes of Southern Africa. Capetown, Central News Agency, 550 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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