. Fishes. Fishes. 28o Isospondyli gizzard-shad, is found in brackish river-mouths and ponds from Long Island to Texas, and throughout the Mississippi Valley in all the large rivers. Through the canals it has entered Lake Michigan. The Konoshiro, Clupanodon thrissa, is equally com- mon in China and Japan. The Engraulididse.—The anchovies {Engraulididm) are dwarf herrings with the snout projecting beyond the very wide mouth. They are small in size and weak in muscle, found in all warm seas, and making a large part of the food of the larger fish. The genus Engraulis includes the anchovy of Europe
. Fishes. Fishes. 28o Isospondyli gizzard-shad, is found in brackish river-mouths and ponds from Long Island to Texas, and throughout the Mississippi Valley in all the large rivers. Through the canals it has entered Lake Michigan. The Konoshiro, Clupanodon thrissa, is equally com- mon in China and Japan. The Engraulididse.—The anchovies {Engraulididm) are dwarf herrings with the snout projecting beyond the very wide mouth. They are small in size and weak in muscle, found in all warm seas, and making a large part of the food of the larger fish. The genus Engraulis includes the anchovy of Europe, EngrauUs encrasicholus, with similar species in California, Chile, Japan, and Australia. In this genus the vertebra; are numerous, the bones feeble, and the flesh tender and oily. The species of Engraulis are preserved in oil, often with spices, or are made into fish-paste, which is valued as a rehsh. The genus Anchovia replaces Engraulis in the tropics. The vertebrae are fewer, the. Fig. 214.—A Silver Anchovy, Anchovia 'perthecata (Goode & Bean). Tampa. bones firm and stifE, and the flesh generally dry. Except as food for larger fish, these have little value, although existing in immense schools. Most of the species have a bright silvery band along the side. The most familiar of the very numerous species is the silver anchovy, Anchovia browni, which abounds in sandy bays from Cape Cod to Brazil. Several other genera occur farther southward, as well as in Asia, but Engraulis only is found in Europe. Fossil anchovies called Engraulis are recorded from the Tertiary of Europe. Gonorhynchidae.—To the Isospondyli belongs the small primi- tive family of GonorhynchidcB, elongate fishes with small mouth, feeble teeth, no air-bladder, small scales of peculiar structure covering the head, weak dentition, the dorsal fin small, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appeara
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