. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. _,:. 48. ' 323 slender. Pedtoneum silvery. Head 3| in length; depth about 4J. D. 11 ⢠A. 3; Lilt. 1. 50. L. G inches. Spawns in spring. Delaware River \(i Kansas and liorthward; abundant in the Great Lakes. One of our most remarlcable fishes. (A'Mf^s'Z) Lake Superior, 1850, 283; Giiuther, vi, 207: 1 Pereopsia hammondi* Gill, ProcrAcacl. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 18U4, 151.) Oedek . , « {The ffaplomous Fishes.) 5To iirecoracoid arch. ParietJil bones separated by the supraoccipital. A symplectic. Opercul
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. _,:. 48. ' 323 slender. Pedtoneum silvery. Head 3| in length; depth about 4J. D. 11 ⢠A. 3; Lilt. 1. 50. L. G inches. Spawns in spring. Delaware River \(i Kansas and liorthward; abundant in the Great Lakes. One of our most remarlcable fishes. (A'Mf^s'Z) Lake Superior, 1850, 283; Giiuther, vi, 207: 1 Pereopsia hammondi* Gill, ProcrAcacl. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 18U4, 151.) Oedek . , « {The ffaplomous Fishes.) 5To iirecoracoid arch. ParietJil bones separated by the supraoccipital. A symplectic. Opercular bones present. Anterior vertebra} unaltered. Pharyugeal bones distinct, the superior directed forwards, three or four in number, the inferior not falciform. No interclavicles. Mouth with teotli. Air-bladder with a pneumatic duct. Ventral fins abdominal, raroly wanting; i»ectorai fins placed low; dorsal fin nior-e or less pos- terior, usually witliout spines. Head and body usually with cycloid scales. No adipose fin. Species chiefly inhabiting fresh water. (a-Aor;?, sihiplo; (o.'ioi;, shoulder; in allusion to the want of the precoracoid arch.) (I'InisoHtomi part (familiea Esjcida:, UinbridiPf Cyprinodoittida and Ilcteropygii) (iiin- tiier, vi, vii.) ANALYSIS OF FAMILiKS OF HAPLOMr, a, MavKiii of upper Jaw formed by pronmxillaries alone; ovoviviparons. I). Vent jn>j;nlar; promaxiliaries seareely protractile ,, 48. 66. Vent abdominal; premaxillaries freely pr(>tractilo :, 10. (Id. Margin of upiier jaw formtnl laterally by the niaxillaries; preniaxillarios not pro- tractile. c. Jawa not prodnc'd; teeth villifonn, equal UMnuini:, 50. cc. Jaws produced; tooth cardifonn, unequal , 51. Family XLVIILâAMBLYOPSIDiE. {The Blind-fishes.) Body moderately elongate, compressed behind. Ilead long, de- pressed. Mouth rather large, the lower jaw projecting; premaxilla- ries long, scarcely protractile, forming the entire nuirgin of the upper jiiw
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