. Fishes. Fishes. Chromides and Pharyngognathi 599 taine or hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus, a great fish, crimson in color, with its fin spines ending in long streamers; Bodianus rufus, the Spanish lady-fish or pudiano, half crimson, half golden. Halichceres radiatus, the pudding-wife (a mysterious word derived from "oldwife" and the Portuguese name, pudi- ano), a blue fish handsomely mottled and streaked. Of the smaller species, Clepticus parra, the janissary, with very small teeth, Halichceres hivittatus, the slippery-dick, ranging north- ward to Cape Hatteras, and Doratonohis megal
. Fishes. Fishes. Chromides and Pharyngognathi 599 taine or hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus, a great fish, crimson in color, with its fin spines ending in long streamers; Bodianus rufus, the Spanish lady-fish or pudiano, half crimson, half golden. Halichceres radiatus, the pudding-wife (a mysterious word derived from "oldwife" and the Portuguese name, pudi- ano), a blue fish handsomely mottled and streaked. Of the smaller species, Clepticus parra, the janissary, with very small teeth, Halichceres hivittatus, the slippery-dick, ranging north- ward to Cape Hatteras, and Doratonohis megalepis, of an intense grass-green color, are among the most notable. The razor- fish, Xyrichthys psittacus, red, with the forehead compressed to a sharp edge, is found in the Mediterranean as well as through- out the West Indies, where several other species of razor-fish also occur. Scarcely less numerous are the species of the Pacific Coast of America. Pimelometopon pulcher, the redfish or fathead of. Fig. 489.—Razor-fish, Xyrichthys psittacus (Linnaeus). Tortugas, Fla. southern California, reaches a length of two feet or more. It abounds in the broad band of giant kelp which lines the Cali- fornia coast and is a food-fish of much importance The female is dull crimson. In the male the head and tail are black and on the top of the head is developed with age a great adipose hump. A similar hump is found on the adult of several other large labroids. Similar species on the coast of South America, differing in color and size of scales, are Pimelometopon darwini, Trochocopus opercularis, and Bodianus diplotcenia. The seno- rita, OxyjuUs californica, is a dainty cream-colored little fish. 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. New York, H. Holt and Company
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