. Zoological Society bulletin . (Haemu-lidae) is represented for thefirst time at the Aquariumby two handsome the preceding speciesthe coloration is limited toblack and light gray, withthe black at the base of each scale, but the blackis especially heavy on the anterior half of thebody, back of the head, where it forms a broadgirdle. The pigment of this girdle is underthe control of the nervous system so that at onetime the black may appear very intense and thenext moment may almost entirely Pompon grows to a length of two to threefeet. It is the most widely distri
. Zoological Society bulletin . (Haemu-lidae) is represented for thefirst time at the Aquariumby two handsome the preceding speciesthe coloration is limited toblack and light gray, withthe black at the base of each scale, but the blackis especially heavy on the anterior half of thebody, back of the head, where it forms a broadgirdle. The pigment of this girdle is underthe control of the nervous system so that at onetime the black may appear very intense and thenext moment may almost entirely Pompon grows to a length of two to threefeet. It is the most widely distributed andlargest species of the genus and is found fromFlorida to Brazil and also on the Pacific coast,if the ichthyologists are correct in their beliefthat the Lower California species is identicalwith this. The Porkfish or Catalineta (Anisotremusvirginicus) is closely related to the precedingspecies, but its coloration is so gaudy andstriking that if color were an important char-acter they could have but little GRASS PORGY. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 815
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