. 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. *'niW"V»Vi"W»i m^w^^'mi^mwfim W'l. 1032 Bulletin /7, Ihiilcd Stixtcs National Museum, dorsal iiiottltMl. Cundiil abort, ti'unciit««; tiiboH of Intiiil linn liitli- hraii'liod; Itody ratln'r <Oonfj;itte, tlio d*n: iiottmii ty|)flH. Sparinamii ritilianti, .Iukdan, Urvlnw Liilirold FIhIioh, 077, IMOO. Scant* laenmo$tn,* I'usv, Mi^iiioriiiN, ii, 4U.!, IHOI, Havana
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. *'niW"V»Vi"W»i m^w^^'mi^mwfim W'l. 1032 Bulletin /7, Ihiilcd Stixtcs National Museum, dorsal iiiottltMl. Cundiil abort, ti'unciit««; tiiboH of Intiiil linn liitli- hraii'liod; Itody ratln'r <Oonfj;itte, tlio d*n: iiottmii ty|)flH. Sparinamii ritilianti, .Iukdan, Urvlnw Liilirold FIhIioh, 077, IMOO. Scant* laenmo$tn,* I'usv, Mi^iiioriiiN, ii, 4U.!, IHOI, Havana; I'uRV, Synopaiii. :i4:i, IHtM. 2042. HiMBISONA (Cope). Hoad 3\ (3v',r with caudal); depth 21 (34); oye modorate, 4A in hcnd: HHout rather obtuse, 3. 1). IX, 10; A. 11,0; scalt-s 2.^-21-6. BoreBent in front of thin; a HUiall canine directed downward on each side oi front of npper Jaw above the entting edge and close to the median sntnre; upper lip eovering most of tlie npjjer .jaw. Cheek with 1 row of large Bea1(T surface tiat, less concave than in related species. Color in life, upper half of body olive green, the color very much mottled and Hpecklead most extensively mottled; sides of head similarly mottled; lower Jaws usually more or less brown, with 2 whitish biuuls, the anterior continuous, the posterior of 4 separate whitish blotches; edge of opercle bright greenish blue; axil extensively deep bliu*, with some reddish s])ots; a deep-blue blotch on base of pectoral; dorsal colored like the back; caudal greenish at base, with a pale-yellowish band and some small whitish dots, its edg«« blackish, the fin elsewhere translucent; anal dull gray with orange, mottled with brown; ventrals pale flesh color; the yellow and orange of fins and red of belly become grayish in spirits; the blue of the axil becomes dark green in spirits, but does not disappear. Length of type 5* inches. West Indies, from Key West to Uahia, generally common. Hero described from
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