. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 73. TBICHIUEIDiB. 421 rather behind base of pectorals. Head 2f ; depth 5. Length of caudal lobes 3^. D. Ill, 38-7 J A. II, 13-7. Length 8 feet. {Poey.) West In- dies north to Florida j perhaps a form of the preceding. (Poey, Mcmorias, ii, 24;{.) 911.—IlISTIOPHORVS Lnc6pMe. Sail-Jishes. llttiophorus LacAfihAe, Hist. Nat. Pojss. iii, 1802,374: type latiophorus gladi/er Scomber gladiua Brou88onet.) Sword fishes with small teeth on the jaws and palatines, with the ven- tral fins present, of 2 or 3 rays, and with the dor
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 73. TBICHIUEIDiB. 421 rather behind base of pectorals. Head 2f ; depth 5. Length of caudal lobes 3^. D. Ill, 38-7 J A. II, 13-7. Length 8 feet. {Poey.) West In- dies north to Florida j perhaps a form of the preceding. (Poey, Mcmorias, ii, 24;{.) 911.—IlISTIOPHORVS Lnc6pMe. Sail-Jishes. llttiophorus LacAfihAe, Hist. Nat. Pojss. iii, 1802,374: type latiophorus gladi/er Scomber gladiua Brou88onet.) Sword fishes with small teeth on the jaws and palatines, with the ven- tral fins present, of 2 or 3 rays, and with the dorsal iins extremely high, contiguous, its height much greater than that of the bodyj anal flu divided. Body slender, much compressed, covered with elongate scales. Intestines short, nearly straight; air-bladder sacculate. The sword is usually shorter than in Xiphiaa^ and the lower jaw more developed. The skin is also rougher. Large fishes of the warm seas. {1(tt:ov, sail; iftipiui, to bear.) 665. II« gladius (Brouss.) GtliT.—Sail-Jiah. Membrane of dorsal fin with numerous small spots. Dermal produc- tions lanceolate. Upper profile of head descending in a straight line. Snout longer than the rest of the head. Head 4 in total length; depth 7 or 8 in the same. D. 4G-7; A. 10-7; V. 2. Vertebrse 14-f 10. {Oun- ther.) Atlantic and Indian oceans; occasional on our coast. (Scomler gladiua Brouas. M^m. Acad. Sci. 1786, 454; Gilnther, ii, 513: Hiatiopherus indkua Cuv. & Val. viii, 293: Riatiophorua americanua Cuv. & Val. viii, 303.) Family LXXIII.—TRICHIURID^. {The Hair-tails.) Scombroid fishes with the ventral fins imperfect or wanting and the spinous and soft parts of the dorsal not differentiated. Body extremely elongate, compressed, naked. Mouth wide, the jaws armed with strong unequal teeth. Premaxillaries net protractile. Pseudobranchise pres- ent. Gills 4, a slit behind the fourth; gill-membranes separate, free from the "sthmus. Lateral line present. Dorsal fin
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