. American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America north of the Equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture. Fishes -- United States. The Surf-Fishes The genus Cymatogaster contains one species, C. aggregatus, wiiich is very abundant everywhere from Fort Wrangel to Lower y'T'. California, especially on sandy or muddy shallows and about wharves. It reaches 6 or 8 inches in length and is one of the most interesting members of the family. It is the common viviparous perch or sparada of the California coast. The above draw
. American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America north of the Equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture. Fishes -- United States. The Surf-Fishes The genus Cymatogaster contains one species, C. aggregatus, wiiich is very abundant everywhere from Fort Wrangel to Lower y'T'. California, especially on sandy or muddy shallows and about wharves. It reaches 6 or 8 inches in length and is one of the most interesting members of the family. It is the common viviparous perch or sparada of the California coast. The above drawing shows a female with a number of young. The genus Brachyistius has only one species, B. frenatus, which reaches a length of 8 inches, and is found from Vancouver Island to Lower California. It is rather abundant northward in shallow water. The genus Zalembiiis, also has a single species, Z. rosaceus, which occurs sparingly on the coast of California in deeper water than any of the others, far below the line of the surf. It reaches 8 inches in length and is a beautiful and interesting fish. Hypocritichthys is another monotypic genus, the single species, H. aiialis, reaching a length of 6 inches, being locally abun- dant between San Francisco and Point Conception. The genus Hyperprosopon has 2 species. H. argenteiis, the wall- eyed surf-fish or white perch, is everywhere common on sandy shores from Cape Disappointment to Todos Santos Bay on sandy shores in the surf. It reaches lo inches in length. H. agassqii reaches a somewhat smaller size and is found from San Francisco 471. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York : Doubleday, Page & Co.
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