Fishes . eveloped. The skull is, however, free from spines,the scales are small and close-set, -and the sleek, dark-colored body has suggested resemblance to the mackerel orhake. Anoploponia fimbria, known as skilfish, beshow, or coal-fish, is rather common from Unalaska to Monterey, reachinga length of two feet or more. In the north it becomes very 650 Pareioplitie, or Mailed-cheek Fishes fat and is much valued as food. About San Francisco it isdry and tasteless. The Greenlings: Hexagrammidae. — The curious family ofgreenlings, Hexagnvnmidic, is confined to the two shores of theNorth Pacific.
Fishes . eveloped. The skull is, however, free from spines,the scales are small and close-set, -and the sleek, dark-colored body has suggested resemblance to the mackerel orhake. Anoploponia fimbria, known as skilfish, beshow, or coal-fish, is rather common from Unalaska to Monterey, reachinga length of two feet or more. In the north it becomes very 650 Pareioplitie, or Mailed-cheek Fishes fat and is much valued as food. About San Francisco it isdry and tasteless. The Greenlings: Hexagrammidae. — The curious family ofgreenlings, Hexagnvnmidic, is confined to the two shores of theNorth Pacific. The species vary much in form, but agree inthe unarmed cranium and in the presence of but a single nostrilon each side, the posterior opening being reduced to a minutepore. The vertebrae are numerous, the scales small, and thecoloration often brilliant. The species are carnivorous andusually valued as food. They live in the kelp and about rocksin California and Japan and along the shores of Siberia and. Fig. 547.—Atka^fish, Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Pallas). Atka Island. Alaska. The atka-fish {Pleurogrammus monopterygius) is oneof the finest of food-fishes. This species reaches a length ofeighteen inches. It is yellow in color, banded with black, andthe flesh is white and tender, somewhat like that of the Lakewhitefish {Coregonus clupeiformis), and is especially fine whensalted. This fish is found about the Aleutian Islands, espe-cially the island of Atka, from which it takes its name. It iscommercially known as Atka mackerel. In this genus there are numerous lateral lines, and the dorsalfin is continuous. In Hexagrammos, the principal genus of thefamily, the dorsal is divided into two fins, and there are aboutfive lateral lines on each side. Hexagrammos decagrammus is common on the coast of Cali-fornia, where it is known by the incorrect name of is a well-known food-fish, reaching a length of eighteen inches. Pareioplits, or Mailed-cheek Fishes 651 The se
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