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 . l-rakers very numerous, long and slender, about 24 below the angle pardalis, 393 kk. Gill-rakers fewer and moderate, 6 to 18 below the angle. /. Second dorsal spine highest, its length more than \ that of head. m. Colour, brown, with grayish reticulations and brown spots. olfax, 393 mm. Colour, chiefly red ruberrima, 993 //. Second dorsal spine low, shorter than third, tlie third and fourth highest.;/. Margin of
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 . l-rakers very numerous, long and slender, about 24 below the angle pardalis, 393 kk. Gill-rakers fewer and moderate, 6 to 18 below the angle. /. Second dorsal spine highest, its length more than \ that of head. m. Colour, brown, with grayish reticulations and brown spots. olfax, 393 mm. Colour, chiefly red ruberrima, 993 //. Second dorsal spine low, shorter than third, tlie third and fourth highest.;/. Margin of anal fin posteriorly concave, its middle rays much Gill-rakers rather numerous, 17 to 20 below angle of Outer rays of caudal scarcely produced, not f length of head. rosacea, 393pp. Outer rays of caudal much produced, more than | length of Upper canines directed strongly forward, the lower backward; col-ouration obscure falcata, 393 qq. Upper canines nearly vertical; colouration brighter .. .phenax, 394 00. Gill-rakers few, 8 below angle venadorum, 394 nn. Margin of anal fin concave posteriorly, the outline of the finrounded or slightly angular. 390. Mycteroperca r. Gill-rakers rather few, xi-12; body without dark cross-bars. s. Scales very small, about 20-140-37; caudal not deeply lunate, eye small bowersi, 394 ss. Scales larger, about 90 to 100 in lateral line; caudal deeply lunate; eye larger calliura, 394 rr. Gill-rakers very few, short and thick, about ;c+6; body with light and dark cross-bars. /. Ground colour dark olive tigris, 394 //. Ground colour bright red camclopardalis, 395 The species of this genus are very numerous and most of themvery closely related. While all are excellent for food, the scarcity ofsome and the distance of others from a market leave but few that areof great importance as food-fishes. So many of the species are soclosely related that detailed descriptions hardly seem necessary. Thekey given above will usually be foun
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