. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. / â¢â â ^ SCIENID^. 209 The bo dy is Ion g, slender and compresse d ; head convex above the syes, the scales moderate-sized, oval, covering the head and gill-covers; the lateral line is slightly curved ; the eyes large ; maxillaries, inter- maxillaries, and pharyngeals minutely toothed. The first dorsal fin is triangular, and longer than it is high^ of eight weak spines; between this and the second dorsal is a single weak spine. The second dor
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. / â¢â â ^ SCIENID^. 209 The bo dy is Ion g, slender and compresse d ; head convex above the syes, the scales moderate-sized, oval, covering the head and gill-covers; the lateral line is slightly curved ; the eyes large ; maxillaries, inter- maxillaries, and pharyngeals minutely toothed. The first dorsal fin is triangular, and longer than it is high^ of eight weak spines; between this and the second dorsal is a single weak spine. The second dorsal has twenty-eight soft rays, the pectorals have eighteen soft rays, the ventrals one spine and five soft rays, tho anal thirteen, and the caudal seventeen rays. Of this fish there are two distinct varieties, the Otolithus Caroli- nensis, also misnamed Trout, which is bluer on the back than tho Common Weak-Fish, and is spotted rather than striated ; and the OtolitMis Drummondi, a smaller species found at New Orleans. The Common Weak-Fish is taken with the hook and reel of all sizes, from a few ounces up to seven or eight pounds, and it is posi- tively asserted even up to thirty, but I have never seen a specimen approaching to such 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : Stringer & Townsend
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