. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. Jordan and Evermann.— Fishes of North America. 363 ft9ft. LKPTOCONflKR PERLONflVg (P*ey). Iload 4 in trtink; tail about a third longer than rest of body; Rap« 4 ill hoad; oyo large, If in snout; Huout pointed; teeth hooked, Hliort and roliiist, Hube«|ual and uniaorial, a few in front enlarged; lower Jaw much ghortor than upper; dorsal beginning Just behind tip of pectoral.
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. Jordan and Evermann.— Fishes of North America. 363 ft9ft. LKPTOCONflKR PERLONflVg (P*ey). Iload 4 in trtink; tail about a third longer than rest of body; Rap« 4 ill hoad; oyo large, If in snout; Huout pointed; teeth hooked, Hliort and roliiist, Hube«|ual and uniaorial, a few in front enlarged; lower Jaw much ghortor than upper; dorsal beginning Just behind tip of pectoral. Violet brown, pale below; dark points over the entire surface. (Poey.) Matan- zivs, Cuba; one specimen known. {perlonyuH, very long.) y,or(mgfr perlmtgun, Po«Y, Ann. Nat. HUt. N. Y., (17, pi. 0, fl((. 3-4, 1H74, Matanzaii. LxiitDfimyi-r perhmjut, PoKV, Ann. Hint. N»t. E«p., 'itM, iHSn; Jdhpan A Pavih, /. r., iHA. 163. STILBISCUS, Jordan & noUnian. StilhuiciiM, JoRRAN A Hoi,tMAN, Troc. U. 8. Nut. Mui., 1H88, MO, (r({iiHiri(« anterior canine. Fins low, the dorsal beginning behind vent. One species known. ((tt/A^w, to shine.) 690. 8TILBIHCITH EDWAIthSI, .lonlnn A Ilollman. Head 7i in trunk, 4^ in tail; snout 7 in head, its length somewhat ^roater than distance between gill openings;'eye 1} in snout, H in inter- oiliital space; cleft of mouth reaching to posterior margin of eye; upper jaw 5 in head; height of gill opening li in snout; teeth all uniserial, Hdine of the anterior enlarged, canine-like; dorsal beginning It length of lu'iul behind vent; length of first part about equal to head and pectoral; developed part of dorsal at tail contained 1| times in the head; pectoral 6 in lioad. Upper part of head and body above lateral line brown ; lower pai't>i bright metallic-bluish silvery; dorsal and anal pale, the latter with a (Insky stripe on each side of its base; pectorals dusky ; caudal black. Green Turtle Cay, one of the Bahamas. One specimen known. (Named
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