Fishes . m. Fig. 455—Irish Pampano, Genres oKsthostomus Goode & Bean. Indian River, Fla. The Rudder-fishes: Kyphosidae.—The Kyphosidce, called rud-der-fishes, have no molars, the front of the jaws being oc-cupied by incisors, which are often serrated, loosely attached,. Fig. 456.—Chopa or Rudder-fish, Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus).Woods Hole, Mass. and movable. The numerous species arc found in the warmseas and are chiefly herbivorous. Boops boops and Boops salpa, known as boga and salpa, 564 The Bass and their Relatives are elongate fishes common in the Mediterranean. Other Med-iterranean for
Fishes . m. Fig. 455—Irish Pampano, Genres oKsthostomus Goode & Bean. Indian River, Fla. The Rudder-fishes: Kyphosidae.—The Kyphosidce, called rud-der-fishes, have no molars, the front of the jaws being oc-cupied by incisors, which are often serrated, loosely attached,. Fig. 456.—Chopa or Rudder-fish, Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus).Woods Hole, Mass. and movable. The numerous species arc found in the warmseas and are chiefly herbivorous. Boops boops and Boops salpa, known as boga and salpa, 564 The Bass and their Relatives are elongate fishes common in the Mediterranean. Other Med-iterranean forms are Spoiidyliosoma cantharus, Oblata nielanura,etc. Girella nigricans is the greenfish of California, every-where abimdant about rocks to the south of San Francisco,and of considerable value as food. Almost exactly like itis the Mejinadai {GircUa punctata) of Japan. The best-knownmembers of this group belong to the genus Kyphosus. Kyphosussectatrix is the rudder-fish, or Chopa blanca, common in theWest Indies and following ships to the northward even as faras Cape Cod, once even taken at Palermo. It is supposedthat it is enticed by the waste thrown overboard. Kyphosuselegans is found on the west coast of Mexico, Kyphosus tahmelin the East Indies and Polynes
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