. 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. Inches. ... 16i ... 43 ... 11 ... 13 ... 2J ... 133 ...15 ... Hi ... 6J ... 4,", ... 173 (Spot af Jordan and Evermann.âFishes of North America. 2749 Page 49. Lamna cofnubica, the salmon shark, is a))undaut and destruc- tive to salmon on the coasts of southern Alaska, especially about Kadiak, where it was seen by us. Page 53. Under Sqitalidw, read ovoviviparous for &qu
. 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. Inches. ... 16i ... 43 ... 11 ... 13 ... 2J ... 133 ...15 ... Hi ... 6J ... 4,", ... 173 (Spot af Jordan and Evermann.âFishes of North America. 2749 Page 49. Lamna cofnubica, the salmon shark, is a))undaut and destruc- tive to salmon on the coasts of southern Alaska, especially about Kadiak, where it was seen by us. Page 53. Under Sqitalidw, read ovoviviparous for "; Page 54. Squalua sucklii has been but once recorded from leering Sea. (Bering Island. Coll. Dr. L. Stejneger.) It in very abundant at Kadiak. Page 60. Priatia perrotteti is not authentically known except from the rivers of Africa. Our west coast species is doubtless distinct and should stand as Priatia zephyreua. Printia peotinatiia occurs northward at least to Beaufort, North Carolina. (Specimen 12i^ feet long. Coll. H. H. lirimley.) Page 61. After the synonymy of Priatia pecHnatiia insert: 80(a). PRISTI^' ZEPHYRKUK, Jordan \- Sfarks. (I'EZ I)E ESPADA.) Snout to nostrils, 3 in length to base of caudal; breadth of saw at anterior end between first 2 pairs of teeth i breadth of its base behind tlie last pairs; teeth on saw trenchant behind, arranged in 22 pairs; liinder taeth wide apart, the interspaces5 times tlieir base; posterior teeth turned slightly backward, a groove on their posterior edge; front tieth not quite | as long as the saw is broad at their base; distance between first and second tooth 3 times base of first. (Other speeimenb examined for us by Dr. O. W. Rogers show 18 to 21 pairs of teeth.) Eye equal to spiracle, contained 3 times in base of saw jnst behind last pair of teeth; width of mouth a little greater than base of saw; mouth with about 65 8(>ries of blunt teeth; slant height of pectoral in front a little more than Iialf distance fr
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