. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. s; lateral line ''j^^i'Xi,. 94 LABRID^âTAUTOGA. 599 SlSrâCTElYOliABRljS Cuvier &, Valenciennes. ':'-:;/:â ''â />.-'* Gunners. -',â¢'" ^ ' " ;. (Cnv. ct Val. Hist. Nat. Polsa. xiii, 223, 1839: type Labrtia rupeatris L, of Europe.) Body oblong, not elevated, comparatively slender and compressed. Head lucderate, more or less pointed. Teeth in the jaws in several series, the outermost very strong; the teeth unequal, conical, and pointed; no posterior canines. Cheeks with small scales; witb large one
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. s; lateral line ''j^^i'Xi,. 94 LABRID^âTAUTOGA. 599 SlSrâCTElYOliABRljS Cuvier &, Valenciennes. ':'-:;/:â ''â />.-'* Gunners. -',â¢'" ^ ' " ;. (Cnv. ct Val. Hist. Nat. Polsa. xiii, 223, 1839: type Labrtia rupeatris L, of Europe.) Body oblong, not elevated, comparatively slender and compressed. Head lucderate, more or less pointed. Teeth in the jaws in several series, the outermost very strong; the teeth unequal, conical, and pointed; no posterior canines. Cheeks with small scales; witb large ones. Preopercle with the vertical limb finely serrated. Branchiostegals o. Gill-membranes considerablj' united, free from the isthmus; gill-rakers short. Scales moderate, 35-50 in the lateral line; lateral line continuous, abruptly bent opposite posterior part of second dorsal. Dorsal long and low, the spinous portion much longer than the soft, of 10-18 low, subequal, rather strong spines; soft dorsal slightly elevated; anal fin similar to soft dorsal, with three strong graduated spines; caudal truncate; pectorals short, the ventrals inserted behind their axils, (z-st-r, zrevw-, a comb; LabruSj c related genus, from the Latin/flftntw, lip.) r ⢠^ . v ; ⢠'\''': ^i^'^^ "i:-'^â '\/,â â ::'â ..â â ''â :.<^').'ry,''^-' a. Interopercle naked. {Tautogolab. as GUnthor,*) 941. C adspcrsus (Walb.) Goode.âdinner; Chogaet; Blue Perch. Brownish blue, with more or less of a brassy lustre; colors variable; younj; variegated and with a black blotch on the dorsal fin. Eye mode- rate, broader than preorbital, 4^ in head. Head 3J in length; depth 3. D. XVIII, 10; A. Ill, 9; Lat. 1. 45. L. 12 inches. Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras; common northward, about rocks. (Labrm adsperans Walbaum, Artedi, Pise. 1792, 254; Ctenolabrua burgall GUutber, iv, 90: Ctenolabrus cwrulem Storer, Hist. Fish Mass. 234.) \ . .«^. 316.âTAlJirOGA Mitchill. Tautogs. (Mitchill, Report Fish New
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