. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. i'^?^ Fig. 273.—Yellow-tail Snapper, Ocyunts chrysurus (Linnajus). Key West. like nostrils and other notable peculiarities. From the stand- point of structure this species, with its eccentric characters— is especially interesting. The yellow-tail snapper or rabirubia {Ocyurus chrysurus) is a handsome and common fish of the. Fig. 274.—Cachucho, EieKs oculaiits (linniEus). Havana. West Indies, with long, deeply forked tail, which makes it a swifter fish than the others. Another red species is the dia- mond snapper or lo alto, Rh

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. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. i'^?^ Fig. 273.—Yellow-tail Snapper, Ocyunts chrysurus (Linnajus). Key West. like nostrils and other notable peculiarities. From the stand- point of structure this species, with its eccentric characters— is especially interesting. The yellow-tail snapper or rabirubia {Ocyurus chrysurus) is a handsome and common fish of the. Fig. 274.—Cachucho, EieKs oculaiits (linniEus). Havana. West Indies, with long, deeply forked tail, which makes it a swifter fish than the others. Another red species is the dia- mond snapper or lo alto, Rhomhoplites aurorubens. All these true snappers have the soft fins more or less scaly. II—23. 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, H. Holt

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