Fishes . ^^ NJf Fio. 204 —Milkfish, Chunos clumos (L.). Mazatlan. California, Polynesia, and India. The single living species isthe Awa, or milkfish, Chanos chanos, largely used as foodin Hawaii. Species of Prochanos and Chanos occur in theCretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene. Allied to Chanos is theCretaceous genus Ancylostylos {gibbiis), probably the type ofa distinct family, toothless and with many-rayed dorsal. The Hiodontidae.—The HiodontidcB, or mooneyes, inhabit therivers of the central portion of the United States and KiQ. 205.—Mooneye, Hiodon tergisus Le Sueur. Ecorse, Mich. They

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Fishes . ^^ NJf Fio. 204 —Milkfish, Chunos clumos (L.). Mazatlan. California, Polynesia, and India. The single living species isthe Awa, or milkfish, Chanos chanos, largely used as foodin Hawaii. Species of Prochanos and Chanos occur in theCretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene. Allied to Chanos is theCretaceous genus Ancylostylos {gibbiis), probably the type ofa distinct family, toothless and with many-rayed dorsal. The Hiodontidae.—The HiodontidcB, or mooneyes, inhabit therivers of the central portion of the United States and KiQ. 205.—Mooneye, Hiodon tergisus Le Sueur. Ecorse, Mich. They are shad-like fishes with brilliantly silvery scales and ver\strong sharp teeth, those on the tongue especially long. They arevery handsome fishes and take the hook %\-ith spirit, but theflesh is rather tasteless and full of small bones, much like that Isospondyli 73 of the milkfish. The commonest species is Hiodon fossil Hiodoiitidcr are known. The Pterothrissidae.—The PterothrissidcB are sea-fishes hkeAlbtda, but more slender and with a long dorsal fin. They live

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