. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 446 Pareioplitae, or Mailed-cheek Fishes According to Fabricius, Myoxocephalus granlandicus is "abundant in all the bays and inlets of Greenland, but prefers a stony coast clothed with seaweed. It approaches the shore in m J^^WHBBBMI|es--. m %^ sSf ' - ^99I^^K-ii^it''^!^ w^ hM ^: . â /_ __ .^i%.&v r w Fig. 391.âCalifornia Miller's Thumb, Cottus gulosus Girard. McCloud River,Cal. (Photograph by Cloudsley Rutter.) spring and departs in winter. It is very voracious, preying on everything that comes in its way and ptirsuing incess
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 446 Pareioplitae, or Mailed-cheek Fishes According to Fabricius, Myoxocephalus granlandicus is "abundant in all the bays and inlets of Greenland, but prefers a stony coast clothed with seaweed. It approaches the shore in m J^^WHBBBMI|es--. m %^ sSf ' - ^99I^^K-ii^it''^!^ w^ hM ^: . â /_ __ .^i%.&v r w Fig. 391.âCalifornia Miller's Thumb, Cottus gulosus Girard. McCloud River,Cal. (Photograph by Cloudsley Rutter.) spring and departs in winter. It is very voracious, preying on everything that comes in its way and ptirsuing incessantly the smaller fish, not sparing the yoting of its oaoti species, and devour- ing Crustacea and worms. It is very active and bold, but does not come to the surface unless it be led thither in pursuit of. Fig. 392.âPribilof Sculpin, Myoxocephalus niger (Bean). Bering Sea. St. Paul Island, other fish. It spawns in December and January and deposits its red-colored roe on the seaweed. It is easily taken with a bait, and constitutes the daily food of the Greenlanders, who are very fond of it. They eat the roe ; The little sculpin, or grubby, of the New England coast is Myoxocephalus ceneus, and the larger eighteen-spined sculpin is Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus. Still more numerous and. 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. New York, H. Holt
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