. 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. 676 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. profile not very Hteep; fniH rather low, the dorHal and anal not nearly reaching caudal; humeral scale not larger than the othern; Hcalc8vei\ thick and firm, those on lower parts of body less reduced in size than usual. Pectorals reaching middle of ventrals, which reach vent. Male in life light olive; sides silvery, with (J n
. 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. 676 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. profile not very Hteep; fniH rather low, the dorHal and anal not nearly reaching caudal; humeral scale not larger than the othern; Hcalc8vei\ thick and firm, those on lower parts of body less reduced in size than usual. Pectorals reaching middle of ventrals, which reach vent. Male in life light olive; sides silvery, with (J narrow, faint hars of coppery; sides with a number of spots of bright clear yellow, bosideii tlie Itlotchew of orange found in the females; lower jaw mostly golden ; 3 bright-yellow stripes obliquely across the cheeks to the jaws ; dorsal and caudal finely speckled with olive; tip of dorsal orange, as also the lower edge of caudal and anal; ventrals orange red; no ocellus on dorsal. Feniali- palo, with numerous Itlotches of light bright orange, these mostly longitudinally oblong on upper parts and irregular or vertical below; sides of head marked with bronze; lower jaw whitish; fins plain ; dorsal and caudal slightly yellow. Young females with traces of 1 or 2 dusky bars at base of caudal. Still younger specimens (as in the original tyiics) nearly plain silvery. Coasts of southern Florida. ILxoeedingly abun- dont in lagoons and shallow shores about the Florida Keys and north to Pensacola. A strongly marked species, larger than most others of tlio genus, reaching a length of 3 inches; here described from Key West specimens, (carpio, carp.) CifprinoiUm carjtiii, GpNTiiBii, Cat., VI, 30(1, 186(1, America, locality unknown; .Jordan .v ( ii- BKKT, Syuopsi.:, 330, 1S83. Oypriuoilon viydnis, Goode & Bkan, Proc. U. S. Nut. Mus., 1882, 433, Pensacola, Florida. (TypH, Ko. 30479. Coll. Steariib.) Jordan, Pm\ U. S. '" . Mub., 1884, 110. 998. CYPBINODON FKLIC'IANUS (I'oey). Head 3;^
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