. 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. Fishes -- North America. THE MILK-FISHES Family XII. CJianidce BODY oblong, compressed, covered with small, firm, adherent scales; lateral line distinct; abdomen broad and flattish; snout depressed; mouth small, anterior, the lower jaw with a small symphyseal tubercle; no teeth; eye with an adipose eyelid; gill- membranes broadly united, free from the isthmus; branchioste- gals 4; pseudobranchise well developed;
. 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. Fishes -- North America. THE MILK-FISHES Family XII. CJianidce BODY oblong, compressed, covered with small, firm, adherent scales; lateral line distinct; abdomen broad and flattish; snout depressed; mouth small, anterior, the lower jaw with a small symphyseal tubercle; no teeth; eye with an adipose eyelid; gill- membranes broadly united, free from the isthmus; branchioste- gals 4; pseudobranchise well developed; an accessory branchial organ in a cavitv behind the gill cavity; dorsal fin opposite the ventrals; anal shorter than the dorsal; mucous membrane of the oesophagus 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 found in our waters. This is Chtinos chatios, the milk-fish, or awa, a fish of very wide distn! ;;iion. It is found on most sandy shores of the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is very abundant in the Gulf of California and among the Hawaiian Islands, where it is an important food-fish. In the Hawaiian Islands it is found with the ama-ama, or mullet, in the artificial fish-ponds of the old kings. The a\va reaches a length of 2 to 5 feet. 04. 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; Evermann, Barton Warren, 1853-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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