American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . depressi-ble teeth; smooth area on top of head very short and small, not ex-tending much behind the orbits; the long and low supraoccipital crestextending well forward to a line connecting the postfrontal processes;caudal fin always lunate; some of the anterior dorsal spines considera-bly elevated; dorsal usually X, 14; anal 111, 7. 395 Paralabrax The known species of this genus are confined to the coasts oftrop
American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . depressi-ble teeth; smooth area on top of head very short and small, not ex-tending much behind the orbits; the long and low supraoccipital crestextending well forward to a line connecting the postfrontal processes;caudal fin always lunate; some of the anterior dorsal spines considera-bly elevated; dorsal usually X, 14; anal 111, 7. 395 Paralabrax The known species of this genus are confined to the coasts oftropical America, where they are important food-fishes. There are 4within our limits. Paralabrax nebiilifer, the johnny-verde, occurs onour Pacific coast from Monterey to Lower California. It is generallycommon in shallow water, reaches 18 inches in length, and is a food-fish of excellent quality, its colour is greenish, with irregular pale anddark mottlings and traces of dark oblique cross-bars; suborbital andcheek profusely marked with round orange spots; a dark streak down-ward and backward from eye; lower side of head salmon colour;lower side of tail with wavy whitish ..^^mf^.
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