. 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. y^jTiJr. fJi^Jfig?!?^ 078 liulletin 47, United States National Musfion. '\ ,i il its 'A 4i '^! i 1 ^'1. Uâ¢>; I'.vi' :)'.j ill lit'iiil. Mi'iiDMiiriniKi, ];i7o <m. Aiiiil 111, 111. BcHlrx in luti'ml linn 0«j t-yo very l«rg«', 2)/, iii liund. , I:i77, (OKI. Aiml luyM III, 'l\. Scali'w in liitcrul liuo fiii; oy 1\:^ In liuad. roi:ti, UTn, 1:175. rnniM


. 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. y^jTiJr. fJi^Jfig?!?^ 078 liulletin 47, United States National Musfion. '\ ,i il its 'A 4i '^! i 1 ^'1. Uâ¢>; I'.vi' :)'.j ill lit'iiil. Mi'iiDMiiriniKi, ];i7o <m. Aiiiil 111, 111. BcHlrx in luti'ml linn 0«j t-yo very l«rg«', 2)/, iii liund. , I:i77, (OKI. Aiml luyM III, 'l\. Scali'w in liitcrul liuo fiii; oy 1\:^ In liuad. roi:ti, UTn, 1:175. rnniMIKRIH MKXK'AM'H,* ruvior a VuluncionnoH. D. VI,!(; A. Ill, [in; Hcalos in a loiiKtlnviHo ueriua 32,10 hciiIo in u tniiiHvei'Ho MoricH, Prolileu littlucuuouvo. Copper culur; thu Hum vdlow, withuiit black niarkin^H. Pacilic coast of Mexico, ouly the type limwu, I'roin Acapulco. (Cuvier ^ ValencionuuH.) IV»ii'/a'n'4 mcxkfini)*, Ouvirh it VALCNciCMNes, IIlMt. Nut. I'uIhii., vii, :t08, 1831, Acapulcu. 187(1. PKnPKrlltlS M'iiOMIIIHdKI, MUllor A Troschul. Head 4; depth 3. D. VI, 9; A. Ill, 33; V. I, 5; scales in lat(Miil lino 5(i, hoHidcH about 13 on the caudal fln. ProHlo depressed above tlic cyu; lower outline Htrongly convex anteriorly, thou Htraight alonj; the liclly, then contracted so that the base of last anal ray is on level of miililli' of pupil. Scales rather large, distinctly ctenoid, deciduous, except tlumo along the lateral line, which are smaller than the others and jifisi^tcnt. Eye 3i in head; half broader than interorbital space. Maxillary rcucli- ing beyond middle of eye; each jaw with two rows of small, Nlcnder teeth directed backward ; small teeth in narrow bands on voimr ami palatines; preoporcle finely serrate; fiu rays slender; height of (linsal greater than its base, which is about half length of head; anal liasc not quite 2^ in body, its first rays 3;^ in head; anal spines slender, grudiiatvd; caudal moderately lunate, the upper lobe the longer; pect


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