Fishes . Fig. 340.—Pescado bianco, Chirosloma humhnltilinnum (Vsil.). Lake Chalco, City of Mexico. nearly all different from these was obtained by Dr. Scth E.]\Ieek in the lake of Patzcuaro, farther south. In this lakewere found Ch. attcmiatum, Ch. patzcuaro, Ch. hiimboldtiannm,Ch. gra]tdocule, and Ch. estor. The lake of Zirahuen, nearChapala, contains Ch. estor and Ch. zirahuen. Still another species, Ch. jordani, is found about the city ofMexico, where it is sold baked in corn-husks. Along the coastsof Peru, Chile, and Argentina is found still another assemblageof fishes of the king, with ve
Fishes . Fig. 340.—Pescado bianco, Chirosloma humhnltilinnum (Vsil.). Lake Chalco, City of Mexico. nearly all different from these was obtained by Dr. Scth E.]\Ieek in the lake of Patzcuaro, farther south. In this lakewere found Ch. attcmiatum, Ch. patzcuaro, Ch. hiimboldtiannm,Ch. gra]tdocule, and Ch. estor. The lake of Zirahuen, nearChapala, contains Ch. estor and Ch. zirahuen. Still another species, Ch. jordani, is found about the city ofMexico, where it is sold baked in corn-husks. Along the coastsof Peru, Chile, and Argentina is found still another assemblageof fishes of the king, with very small scales, constituting thegenera Basilichthys and Gastropterus (Pisciregia). Basilichthysmicrolepidotus is the common Pesca del Rey of Chile. Thesmall silversides, or brit, of our Atlantic coast belong tonumerous species of Menidia, Menidia notata to the northwardand Menidia menidia to the southward beine: most Fig. 341—Silverside or Hrit, Kirllandia vagrans (Goode & Bean). Pensacola. Kirtlandia laciniata, with ragged scales, is common along theVirginia coast, and K. vagrans farther south. Another smallspecies, very slender and very graceful, is the brook silver- Percesoces and Rhegnopteri 43 r side Labidesthcs sicculus, which swarms in clear streams fromLake Ontario to Texas. This species, three to four incheslong, has the snout produced and a very bright silvery stripealong the side. Large and small species of silversides occur
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