American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . rsalbehind root of ventrals, over last third or fourth of pecto-ral ; body compressed; barracuda, 259 aa. Scales moderate, no to 130 in lateral line; body subterete or Pectoral reaching front of spinous dorsal; maxillary reachingfront of orbit. c. Lower jaw with fleshy tip; teeth very strong; scales no; ensis, 259cc. Lower jaw without fleshy tip; teeth strong; scales 130; guachancho, 2^qbb. Pectora
American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . rsalbehind root of ventrals, over last third or fourth of pecto-ral ; body compressed; barracuda, 259 aa. Scales moderate, no to 130 in lateral line; body subterete or Pectoral reaching front of spinous dorsal; maxillary reachingfront of orbit. c. Lower jaw with fleshy tip; teeth very strong; scales no; ensis, 259cc. Lower jaw without fleshy tip; teeth strong; scales 130; guachancho, 2^qbb. Pectoral not reaching front of first dorsal; maxillary notreaching front of orbit. d. Eye large; teeth small; interorbital area convex; median ridge of frontal groove not well developed; piciidilla, 260 dd. Eye small; teeth larger; interorbital area flattish; median ridge of frontal groove prominent; borealis, 260 aaa. Scales very small, 150 to 170 in lateral line; origin of first dorsal well behind tip of pectoral; body slender, subterete. e. Body less slender, the depth 7^; scales 160 to \jo\.argentea, 260ee. Body very slender, the depth 9 or 10; scales about 150; sphyrcena, 260 258. Great Barracuda; Picuda
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