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 . cies of Hiodon which differs from chiefly in not having the belly at all carinate. Nothinghas been recorded as to its habits. Head 4|; depth 4; eye 2\\ D. 12; A. 27; scales 50. Bodymore slender than in the other species, little compressed; notmuch elevated, the belly nowhere carinated; eye very large;pectoral not reaching ventrals; colouration, clear silvery. 93 THE MILK-FISHES Family XII. ChanidcB B
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 . cies of Hiodon which differs from chiefly in not having the belly at all carinate. Nothinghas been recorded as to its habits. Head 4|; depth 4; eye 2\\ D. 12; A. 27; scales 50. Bodymore slender than in the other species, little compressed; notmuch elevated, the belly nowhere carinated; eye very large;pectoral not reaching ventrals; colouration, clear silvery. 93 THE MILK-FISHES Family XII. ChanidcB Body oblong, compressed, covered with small, firm, adherentscales; lateral line distinct; abdomen broad and flattish; snoutdepressed; mouth small, anterior, the lower jaw with a smallsymphyseal tubercle; no teeth; eye with an adipose eyelid; gill-membranes broaoly united, free from the isthmus; branchioste-gals 4; pseudobranchiae well developed; an accessory branchialorgan in a cavity behind the gill cavity; dorsal fin opposite theventrals; anal shorter than the dorsal; mucous membrane of theoesophagus raised into a spiral fold; intestine with many con-volutions; colour The Awa or Milk-fish This genus contains 3 species, only one of which is foundin our waters. This is Chanos chanos, the milk-fish, or awa, afish of very wide distribution. It is found on most sandy shoresof the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is very abundant in theGulf of California and among the Hawaiian Islands, where it isan important food-fish. In the Hawaiian Islands it is found withthe ama-ama, or mullet, in the artificial fish-ponds of the oldkings. The awa reaches a length of 2 to 5 feet. 94 THE HERRINGS Family XIII. CliipeidcB Body oblong or elongate, usually much compressed, coveredwith cycloid or pectinated scales f belly sometimes rounded,sometimes compressed, in which case it is often armed withbony serratures; head naked, usually compressed; mouth ratherlarge, terminal, the jaws about equal
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