. 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. Fishes -- North America. The Bony-fish; Ten-pounder Head 4; depth 3^; eye 4^; snout 5; maxillary if; D. 12; A. 20; scales =5-42-5: branchibstegals 23; dorsal filament" longer than the head. Colour, uniform bright silvery, darkish on back. The propor- tional measurements in the young are somewhat different, in examples of 3 inches long being as follows: Head 3^; depth 4^; eye 3!; snout . GENUS ELOPS LINN/EUS
. 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. Fishes -- North America. The Bony-fish; Ten-pounder Head 4; depth 3^; eye 4^; snout 5; maxillary if; D. 12; A. 20; scales =5-42-5: branchibstegals 23; dorsal filament" longer than the head. Colour, uniform bright silvery, darkish on back. The propor- tional measurements in the young are somewhat different, in examples of 3 inches long being as follows: Head 3^; depth 4^; eye 3!; snout . GENUS ELOPS LINN/EUS Body elongate, covered with small, thin, silvery scales; dorsal slightly behind ventrals, its rays short; lateral line straight, its tubes simple. Large fishes of the open seas, remarkable for the develop- ment of scaly sheaths. Only a single species in our Bony-fish ; Ten-pounder El ops saitrns Linnaeus An abundant and widely distributed fish, found in all tropical seas; common in America north to the Carolinas and the Gulf of California. On our coasts it is probably most numerous in Florida. It reaches a length of 2 to 3 feet and a weight of several pounds. The young are ribbon-shaped, long, thin, and transparent, passing through a metamorphosis analogous to that seen in the conger eels. They are at lirst band-shaped, with very small head and loose, transparent tissues. From this condition they become gradually shorter and more compact, shrinking from inches to 2 inches in length. During these stages the young of this species, the lady-fish, and other fishes which undergo similar changes, are the so-called 86. 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; Evermann, Barton Warren, 1853-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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