. 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. Jordan and Evcnnann.—Fishes of Xorth America, 8148 int. rorbital space broad and flat; eyo large; it^ longitudiual diaiuftcr (.iiitiiined 2 times in interorbital space; snout sliarp, 8ligl>tly turned \\\> iir ciiil; mouth large, obli([ue; lower jaw included; lipstbin; maxillary i|uite extending to orbit; gill-rakers 6+6, on first arch, close together,
. 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. Jordan and Evcnnann.—Fishes of Xorth America, 8148 int. rorbital space broad and flat; eyo large; it^ longitudiual diaiuftcr (.iiitiiined 2 times in interorbital space; snout sliarp, 8ligl>tly turned \\\> iir ciiil; mouth large, obli([ue; lower jaw included; lipstbin; maxillary i|uite extending to orbit; gill-rakers 6+6, on first arch, close together, , the longest \ diameterof orbit. Teeth I-1, strong, liook«'d, grind- ing surface oblique, narrow, grooved, a notch just below the hook; alinien- t;ii y (anal almost twice theleugtu of bod}'; peritoneum dusky. Scales not ( rowiled anteriorly, evenly distributed over body; lateral line shaped like till' contour of body, except above pectoral lin, where it is sharply ( ; dorsal inserted directly above vential, first ray highest, nearly :; times height of last; when depressed, tlu' fin is falcate; Avhen elevated, it> eilgo is concav(!; anal similar in shape; ciiudal deeply forked, the tips slKirji; ventrals pointed, not reaching vent; ]tect(>ral slijihtly rounded. Color silvery; darker above, especially on median dorsal area, where a mole or less dusky baud extends the length of the body; rays of dorsal tin and tips of caudal dusky; lower fins white. I'.xact measurements of the only specimen obtained are hen* given: Length of body in millimeters 92; depth of body, expressed in hundredths of length, 23; depth of caudal peduncle lU; length of ;ocfie, Jordan & Sxydeb, Bull. U. S. Com. ISOO (1900), 123, Laguna de Chapala, Mexico. 123(b). FALCULA, Jordan & Snyder. Fdkiiln, JoKDA.\ & Snvdeh, Bull. U. S. Fish Coiu. 1899 (1900), 124 {chapala;). Body long, compressed; caudal slender; mouth large, lips thin, prc- inaxillaries protractile; no ba
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