. Chapters on the natural history of the United States. Zoology. OF THE UNITED STATES 451 in the piece behind and below the pectoral tin, are of postmortem origin, and do not exist in the living fish. They are certainly not shown in Gorde's fine figure of this form (Plate 35. The Fishery Industries of the United States). The specimen in the Leyden Museum measured from the tip of the snout to the extremity of the tail 1S4 centimeters, and from the tip of the dorsal fin to the tip of the anal fin 218 centimeters,. Fig. 120. Model of Sunfish, Ready to Receive the Skin. Prepared and photographed b
. Chapters on the natural history of the United States. Zoology. OF THE UNITED STATES 451 in the piece behind and below the pectoral tin, are of postmortem origin, and do not exist in the living fish. They are certainly not shown in Gorde's fine figure of this form (Plate 35. The Fishery Industries of the United States). The specimen in the Leyden Museum measured from the tip of the snout to the extremity of the tail 1S4 centimeters, and from the tip of the dorsal fin to the tip of the anal fin 218 centimeters,. Fig. 120. Model of Sunfish, Ready to Receive the Skin. Prepared and photographed by Mr. H. H. ter Meer, Jr. making it a fish of by no means an insignificant size. And, to tell the truth, these Sunfish do attain to proportions not to be de- spised, for, according to Goode, one was brought to the San Francisco market some years ago that weighed no less than 636 pounds. The Sunfish belongs to the family Orthagoriscidce, and it is claimed that two species of them occur in the western Atlantic,. 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 Shufeldt, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1850-1934; Natural Science Association of America, New York. New York, Studer Bros
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