. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. "^^W 1. »rt.: iNTiiKii, Kislies foniitn and J'lvi'rmiinn,â-Fishes of A'ort/i Awi'ticn. 801 (,i liiHis plutuH, but raroly ctciiuiU. Lat«)ral lino viirioiiM, iiNiiiilly iiikIii- lute )>r with an untorior ar<-li anart, at UnxM not reKiil^iilv an'hiul; HonmtiincM wanting;. FIunIi in tyiiical lurinM tirrn, uily, and idliliNli in culor, but in Nduut caHUH
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. "^^W 1. »rt.: iNTiiKii, Kislies foniitn and J'lvi'rmiinn,â-Fishes of A'ort/i Awi'ticn. 801 (,i liiHis plutuH, but raroly ctciiuiU. Lat«)ral lino viirioiiM, iiNiiiilly iiikIii- lute )>r with an untorior ar<-li anart, at UnxM not reKiil^iilv an'hiul; HonmtiincM wanting;. FIunIi in tyiiical lurinM tirrn, uily, and idliliNli in culor, but in Nduut caHUH pain and Nul't. Candiil pi>(lnncl«) nliiiosi jilwayH slender and Htron^, tliu caudal tin if |tn>H«'nt morn or Icnh ilee|)l> I'oikt'd, uxcvpt in certain dorp-Hoa forniM and in abiMiiint fainilii^H, till) Ml I neturu typically adaptod t'orHwit't propiilNion. DoiNttl tin UNually loll*;. iIh) HpinoiiH portion ^ciuMally Nliortrr than tht< Not't |)ai't, i«oniotininH uliHtiii ; thn Mpint'N H«ddoin very Htn»njj, Hoinctinii's not difVorcntJafiMl from {\w holt layH; anal fin uiwayu lon^, niuru of Icsh Hiniilar to noI'I durnal. VfiitiaJH thoracic, Hubju^nlar, or Hiiltabdoniinal, iiNually with 1 N|)-nd*-r HpiiK and r»rayH,8onietinieH niany-raye<l, HonictinicN rudimentary or wholly villitiiifi. llraucbioHtcgalH f»nv,UMually 7. (JIIIh I, a tslit behind the fourth; ^iil lakerH variuuH; gill membranes usually Heparate, Nometimes joined tu^'ctiicr, rarely attached tu the iNthmuN. Mouth and dentition variouN. 8'iioleton tirni or variouHly Hoft, the Htnicture as in spinouH-rayttil liHlieH fTi'iii riilly; the Hhonlder girdle attached to the cranium by a diNlinrai Muyiiig from 21 to more than 1(K), the high numberH found in pelagic K\\Vi- I'it'H. Intestinal canal generally hhort. TliiH group of nuickerel-like fiHheH is not capable of exact definition, its deviatioim from the ordinary type of H])iny-rayed fiHheu being variouH and in various direetiouH, no tha
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