. 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. wmw 1848 DiiUdin /7, United States National Museum. 11: 'l!. IiIkIi; jnoocular, siiprftncular, postonilftr, tympnnlc, pnrtfltftl. nnnhal, .mkI occipital H|)iiii'H pnmoiit, ItuHiileN h billd Npino hotwrcii tlio oxoceipitiil ami orbit; upper preopun-iilar Hpiiio iimcli tliu loii^ost; opoiuiilar H|)iufH imi lar^n; HiipriiKCiipiihir HpinitH :i, kniru-likii; th> preorbitalH,
. 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. wmw 1848 DiiUdin /7, United States National Museum. 11: 'l!. IiIkIi; jnoocular, siiprftncular, postonilftr, tympnnlc, pnrtfltftl. nnnhal, .mkI occipital H|)iiii'H pnmoiit, ItuHiileN h billd Npino hotwrcii tlio oxoceipitiil ami orbit; upper preopun-iilar Hpiiio iimcli tliu loii^ost; opoiuiilar H|)iufH imi lar^n; HiipriiKCiipiihir HpinitH :i, kniru-likii; th> preorbitalH, inaifrin of preopercle, and nostrils with skinny lla|)H; u rather Huiall llap behind pruociilar Hpine, a larger one betwei^n siii)ra aiitl post ooiilar spineH, ^i little more than 2 in orbit, besidcH Hoveral Hmaller ones on varioiiH parts of the Lead. Scales Hiiiall, nowhere distinctly ctenoid; nearly every scale on the upper parts of bo(tralon}r lateral lino. Dorsal s])ineH hi;;h, higher than the soft rays, tli< longest 2i, in head; second anal spine longest and much the strongest, :i in hoail; pectoral very broad, short, and rounded, its lower rays ])rocui- rent, its tip reaching beyoiul the ventrals to vent, its base more than ^ in head, its length ; in body, the 10 iowc^r lays simple, thickene<l, the rest (except the uppermost one) branched; caudal rounded. Hrown. irregu- larly mottled aiul blotched with rosy puri)lish and pale olive; opercles and cheeks, a bar behind eye, and 5 or (J large blotches at base of dorsal, ])urpliHh; head, back, and sides with many snuill round dark-olive spots; belly unspotted; )!'acic region pink ; spinous dorsal blackish, its middle part with nuiny roundish jiale spots, forming a continuous stripe, besides smaller black spots; caudal and i)ectoral with vertical bars of dark ami pale spots; soft dorsal and anal spotted; ventrals pinkish, little sjtottcd; jaws and branchiostegals yellowish, more or less mottled; axil pale, with roui
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