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RM2AN7JBP–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . Herpeton Daud. Head furnished with two soft scalytentacula; the crown covered with plates ; those onthe belly narrow ; tail long. H. tentaculatus Daud. PsEUDOBOA Oppel. Head shorty enlarged behind, andcovered with large plates ; back carinated, with alongitudinal range of scales, wider than those of thesides. P. fasciata Schn. Russ. pi. 3. Family 2. CROTALID^. Poisonous Snakes. Terrestrial; upper jaw without teeth, but furnished withtwo large moveable poisonous fangs ; tail short, conical,and cylindrical. Cbotalus.
RM2AN9YGE–Report on the marine fishes collected by MrJStanley Gardiner in the Indian Ocean . =g^^ to ?§*? ^ m ^ 7 ^r=. FISHES FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN. E.Wilson del.et imp. Percy Sladen Trust Expedition.(Regan) Trans Link Soc.,Sep-.2.Zool.Vo^ ^-ifsmi..
RM2ANGPYW–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon . «*
RM2AX2HWE–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Maki River, running into L. Zvvai.1-2. Types. Maki R. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). DISCOGNATHUS. 349 5. DISCOGNATHUS BLANFORDII.Discognathus lamta (non Ham. Buch.), Blanf. Geol. Zool. Abyssin. p. 460 (1870) ; Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, xviii. 1883, p. 695.Discognathus blanfordii, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii. p. 160, and 1903, ii. p. 330, pi. xxxi. fig. 2. Body very feebly compressed, its depth 4 to 5| times in total length.Head scarcely depressed, to 1^- times as long as broad, its length4J to 4^ times in
RM2AX07B8–Fishes . Fig. 364.—Semiophorus velifer Volta. Eocene. (After Agassiz, per Zittel.) 461 462 Salmopercas and Other Transitional Groups We may, however, regard the Zeoidea on the one hand andthe Heterosoinata on the other as distinct suborders. This is. Z.^
RM2AWHR8Y–Handbook of the marine and freshwater fishes of the British Islands : (including an enumeration of every species) . The species that have to bethus enumerated are, the Thornback Ray (Raia clavatd),No. 217; the Spotted Ray (R. maculatd), No. 218; theStarry Ray (R. radiata), No. 219 ; the Sandy Ray (R. cir-cularis), No. 220 ; the Common or Blue Skate (R. batis),No. 221 ; the Bordered Ray (R. marginatd), No. 222 ; theShagreen Ray (R. fnllonicd), No. 223 ; and the Long-nosedSkate (R. vomer), No. 224. All of these Rays exhibit incommon that remarkable method of locomotion, throughthe flapping actio
RM2ANFHGF–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon . G H Ford del R.Mmtern lith l&n-ere Bros 3rop - G^ZZA MINUTA 2, LACTARIUS DELIGATULUS. 3- STROMATEUS CINEREUS (IMMATURE 4.. S NIGER 5 MEIIE MACULATA 6. CORYPafiNA HIPPURUS Days Fishes of India. Plate LN..
RM2AJC340–Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried on by F.I.S 'Endeavour,' 1909-14 under H.C Dannevig, commonwealth director of fisheries Volume 1-5 . C. Olutton, photu., Austr. Mus. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII. Oxynotus bruniensis, Ogilby. ZOOL. RESULTS ; ENDBAVODH, Vol. [I. Plate XIII..
RM2AWW520–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . J. Kirk (P.). b. Stftd. Capo of Good IIo{C. Sir A. Smith (P.;. 2. ELOPS LAC^ERTA.Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xix. p. 801, pi. ccccclxxv. (1S4()) ; Stoind. Sitzh. Ak. AVien, Ixi. i. 1IS70, p. ul ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 47 (1901).Eloiys conyiats, Ponlcng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. j». 21, pi. x. fig. 1 (1808). Depth of body 4^ to 5^ times in total length, length of head 4 to 4 Jtimes. Eye 4 times in length of head, as long as snout, a little morethan interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting beyond
RM2AKJ78E–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 . ize than the common shad, the various examplesseen measuring only 15 inches each in total length. Nothing is known of its habits except that it appears at Tusca-loosa, Alabama, in limited numbers early in April, and that the younghave been seen in salt water at Pensacola. GENUS BREVOORTIA GILLThe Menhadens Body elliptical, compressed, deepest anteriorly, tapering behind;head very large; cheek deeper than long; m
RM2AX9AM1–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . nth. Cat, Fish. vi. p. 221 (1866), and Pethericks Trav. ii. p. 256 (1869).Petrocephalus isidori, Marcusen, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. xii. 1854, p. 14, and Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (7) vii. 1864, no. i, p. 150. pi. v. fig. 20. i 6 MOKMYRID.E. Marcusenius isidori, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 798, and Fish. Nile, p. 42,pi. vii. fig. 1 (1907). Depth of body 2f to 3|- times in total length; length of head 4 to itimes. Head as long as deep; snout to length of head, rounded,projecting beyond mouth; mouth sit
RM2ANEYD8–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon . Z££^.
RM2AXEMYW–A history of the fishes of the British Islands . shes, vol. i, p. 355. So little was formerly known of this fish that Gesner says hecould not find it had been mentioned by any writer beforeDubravius, and much uncertainty still rests upon it whenconsidered as a British fish; for although Pennant mentions afish of this name as known to himself, it is supposed to havebeen by mistake for the Prussian Carp; and Mr. Yarrell hadobtained it in a few instances from the Thames; yet this isconsistent with the belief that the species was at first introducedamong us, and that even at a recent date. This in
RM2AJC08A–Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried on by F.I.S 'Endeavour,' 1909-14 under H.C Dannevig, commonwealth director of fisheries Volume 1-5 . P. Clarke, del., Austr. Mus. EXPLANATION OF PLATK XX. Plagiogeueion macrolepis, sp. uov. Type, ZOOL. RESULTS -ENDEAVOUR, Vol. II. Plate XX.. P. Clarke, del., Austr. Mus. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXI. Pentcvpus vitta, Quoy & Gaimard. ZOOL. RESULTS ENDEAVOUR, Vol. II. Plate XXI
RM2AWJ0XA–Handbook of the marine and freshwater fishes of the British Islands : (including an enumeration of every species) . en fresh,being, as described by the late Mr. Frank Buckland,comparable to that of a new shilling or a ladys satinshoe. This silvery pigment, which invests the whole bodyin the form of a very delicate membrane, becomes soreadily detached after death, that it is almost impossibleto preserve an example representing any approach to the OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 45 aspect of the fish in its living state. An half-grownspecimen of this rare type will be found among the spirit-preserved se
RM2AX0DPM–Fishes . Fig. 343 —Blue Smelt or Fez del Rey, Atherinopsis californiensis Girard. San Diego. in the sea along the California coast, where they are knownfamiliarly as blue smelt or Peixe Re. The most impor-tant of these and the largest member of the family, reachinga length of eighteen inches, is Atherinopsis californiensis, animportant food-fish throughout California, everywhere wronglyknown as smelt. Atherinops affinis is much like it, but has. Fig. 343.—Flower of the surf. Iso flos-maris. Jordau & Starks. Enoshima, Y-shaped teeth. Iso flos-maris, called Nami-no-hana, orflower of the surf, is
RM2AN7E0Y–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . double. furcatus. Russ. ii. pi. 19. Platurus Lat, Head indistinct; body cylindrical;dorsal scales equal; tail compressed , carinated; sub-caudal plates double. P. laticaudatus. Shaw, Zool. ii. 233. Trimesurus Lat. Head distinct; body fusiform ; tail conical; caudal plates partly single^ partly double. T. leptocephalus. Lac. Ann. Mus. iv. pi. 56. f. 1. Oplocephalus Cuv. Like the last, but the caudal platesall simple. O. Cuvieri Gray. Family 3. COLUBERID^. Lower jaw mobile ; upper jaw toothed; fangs eitherentirely wa
RM2AKHE40–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 . Great Barracuda; Picuda. Great Barracuda ; Picuda SphyrcBiia barracuda (Walbaum) The great barracuda is found from Brazil northward throughthe West hidies to Pensacola, Charleston and the Bermudas. Itis common in the tropics and is the largest and most voraciousof the genus, reaching a length of 6 feet. It is as fierce as ashark and is sometimes very dangerous to bathers. This fish isoccasionally taken with hook
RM2AJ1JA5–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . rrangement being so differentfrom those of our predecessors. The families will bereviewed in the same order as we have already noticedthem, viz.— 1. the Salmonidcs ; 2. the Pleuronectidce ;3. the Gadidce; 4. the Siluridce; and, 5. the Cobitidcs. (213.) The Salmonid^, or salmons, appear to resolvethemselves into five principal groups or sub-families,all of which are represented by the Linnaean generaCyprinus, Salmo, Clupea, Esox, and Mormyrus. Thefew characters common to them all have been alreadyintimated : where s
RM2ANGCB3–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon . Per 1 de ti Litta Maxterii Bros imj 1, PTER01S VOLITANS. 2, P. MILES. 3.P.C1NCTA.. 4. APISTUS CARTNATUS 5, GYMNAPISTES NIGER. Days Fishes of India. Kate xxxvin.
RM2AJ1FCJ–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . caught upon the east coastof Scotland are much inferior to those taken on the westcoast, and more particularly to those of Loch Fine, andother lakes of Argyleshire. We were assured of this,also, by our friend, Robert Findlay, esq., of Glasgow,who further stated that they were caught at differentperiods of the year. A question naturally arises out ofthese facts,— May they not be of different species ? ec Dr.Knox states, continues Mr. Wilson, that the herringstaken near the Firth of Forth are foul, or are engagedin s
RM2AKARM1–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 . BLACi: AXGEL-FISII, Poi> acanthu; arcuati.. ;LL0W or blue ANGEL-FISH, Holacautln ADUL The Butterfly-Fishes Indies and north to the Bermudas, but it has not been found inthe United States. Elegant specimens were obtained by us atArroyo and Isabel Segunda, Porto Rico, where it is not rare.It reaches a foot or more in length and is used as food. Colour in life, caudal, pectoral and ventral fins and anteriorthird
RM2AWR801–Fishes . Fio. 609.—Hog-choker Sole, Achirus lineatus (L.). Potomac River. The European Soles fSoIeinae).—The European soles are moreelongate in form, with the ventral fins narrow and not extendedalong the ridge of the abdomen. The eyes are on the right sidewith no bony ridge between them. No species of this type is I Suborder Heterosomata 707 certainly known from American waters, although numerous inEurope and Asia. The species have much in common withthe plaice tribe of flounders and may be derived from the samestock. One species, as above noted, is found in the Miocene. The common sole of Eu
RM2AWY61T–Fishes . the stream at leastpartly covered with vegetation, best suits this fish. Theperch is a food-fish of moderate quality. In spite of its beautyand gaminess, it is little sought for by our anglers, and is muchless valued with us than is the European perch in England.But Dr. Goode ventures to prophesy that before many yearsthe perch will have as many followers as the black bass amongthose who fish for pleasure in the region it inhabits. A Percoidea, or Perch-like Fishes 523 fish for the people it is, we will grant, and it is the anglers fromamong the people who have neither time nor patien
RM2ANF4KT–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon . - .??.;?•??? -.
RM2AX47KA–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . 94(1904). Depth of body 2^ to 2i times in total length, length of head 3^ to4 times. Head as long as deep, 2 to 2J rimes as long as broad ; snoutstrongly compressed, deeper than long, truncate at the end and scarcelyprojecting beyond mouth, its length equal to or slightly greater thaninterorbital width and 1^ to 2 times diameter of eye, which is 4 to 5 timesin length of head ; maxillary extending to below nostrils ; teeth in twoseries in each jaw, 12 to 14 in outer series. Dorsal 24-25 (5 unbranched),equall
RM2AWHTPA–Handbook of the marine and freshwater fishes of the British Islands : (including an enumeration of every species) . ith propertreatment yields a most appetising and nutritious food, andis largely utilised as the basis of various soups, such as mockturtle, and in the Channel Islands is made into the souplocally known as bouillabaisse. Conger stewed after the Lan-cashire fashion in milk, with a little butter, pepper, salt, andjust a flavour of union, can be highly recommended by thewriter. Casts of remarkably large specimens of this Eel OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 97 are on view in the Buckland Muse
RM2AN88H3–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . * Head obtuse, mouth small, as in Blennius; branchial orifice above the base of the pectoral; dorsal fin undivided; crests generally wanting; canine teeth very large. filamentosus. Cuv. xi. 280. punctatus. Cuv. xi. 286. Dussumeri. lb. 282. fasciolatus. Ehrenb. lb. 287. breviceps. lb. 283. anolius. lb. 288. grammistes. lb. 284. biocellatus. lb. 289.cyprinoides. lb. 286. Salartas Cuv. Numerous setaceous teeth, very fine,delicate, and flexible at their roots; with or withoutcanine teeth ; head with crests. Petroscirte
RM2AX73WK–Fishes . ?I to to ifM» I i -I. The Dissection of the Fish 27 Next it flows into the thick-walled ventricle, whence by therhythmical construction of its walls it is forced into an arterialbulb which lies at the base of the ventral aorta, which carriesit on to the gills. After passing through the fine gill-filaments,it is returned to the dorsal aorta, a large blood-vessel which ex-tends along the lower surface of the back-bone, giving out branchesfrom time to time. The kidneys in fishes constitute an irregular mass under theback-bone posteriorly. They discharge their secretions throughthe urete
RM2AKH50D–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 . AMBER JACK, Seriola Jalandi. YELLOW JACK. Caranx hartholomtri The Cavallas gg. Pectoral fin very long, much longer than head; scutes about40; caballus, 306 ff. Body oblong-ovate, the depth more than | the length. h. General colour silvery; vertical fms not all black. /. Body moderately elevated, the depth in adult ^ to |-the length;opercular spot very small or obsolete; no pectoral spot. /. Body rather slender,
RM2AN7MP1–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . nigriciiictus. Russ. Serp. pi. 6. chloris. lb. pi. 7. Pel AMIS Daud. Head gibbous, or enlarged behind;all the scales small, equal, and hexagonal; head withlarge plates; poisonous. P. bicolor Schn. Russ. Serp. pi. 41. Chersydrus Cuv. Head and body entirely coveredwith small carinated scales ; the tail compressed.C. granulatus Mer. Achrocordus Cuv. Resembling the last, but the tail isnot compressed. A. Javanicus Auct. dubius {fig. 113.) OPHIDES. CROTALID^. 36i. Herpeton Daud. Head furnished with two soft scalytentacu
RM2AWPT23–Fishes . Fig. 625.—Gunnel, Pholis gunnctlus (L.). Gloucester, Mass. is the common gunnel (gunwale), or butter-fish, of both shoresof the North Atlantic, with numerous allies in the North Pacific.Of these, Enedrias nebidosns, the ginpo, or silver-tail, is especiallycommon in Japan. Xiphidion and XipJiistes of the Californiacoast, and Dictyosoma of Japan, among others, are remarkablefor the great number of lateral lines, these extending crosswise. Flo. 626.—Xiph stes chirua Jordan & Gilbert. Amchii as well as lengthwise. Cebedichthys violaceiis, a large blenny ofCalifornia, has the posterior hal
RM2AXE1FR–A history of the fishes of the British Islands . iniad, in regard to which, and some others thatare like it, we cannot feel assured in reference to the synonymsderived from foreign writers; although in one instance, whichwas an example obtained from Sweden, we entertain no doubtof its being the same with the Biitish species; of which thename as given above professes a meaning in the ancient languageof our country, and which continues to be spoken in Wales. Itdesignates a fish which is distinguished by the brilliant whitenessof its colour; but like all names which are simply descriptive,this ha
RM2AWPA58–Fishes . -1 Fio. 670.—Fnif^li-ih, Anlennnrus scaher (Cuvier).. Puerto Rico. The Batfishes: Ogcocephalidae.—The batfishes, Ogcocephalidce,are anglers with the body depressed and covered with hardbony warts. The mouth is small and the bony bases of the Order Pediculati: the Anglers yrr pectoral and ventral fins are longer than in any other of theanglers. The species live in the warm seas, some in very shallowwater, others descending to great depths, the deep-sea formsbeing small and more or less degenerate. These walk along liketoads on the sea-bottoms; the ventrals, being jugular, act as forele
RM2ANFXTK–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon . ggllpg^3.
RM2AXE6WW–A history of the fishes of the British Islands . gned to our fish will notapply to the Hucho of Germany and Linna3us; and that thislast-named species is not found anywhere even in Germany,except in the Danube and its tributary streams; to which Dr.Reisinger adds, that it is not common in any part of Hungary.It is evident that the figure of the Hucho in the work of Bloch,pi. 100, is not nearly like our fish; and the more indifferentone copied by Willoughby from Gesner is still less like it. Weare therefore compelled to conclude that our fish, presently tobe described, must not be referred to an
RM2AXDTHB–A history of the fishes of the British Islands . the back to the dorsal fin, which has, from near the headbackward, a membrane almost as broad as the dorsal fin itself,and the line of direction passed on straight to the extremity,without that gap or depression in which the dorsal fin wassituated in the first-named example. In the latter also the tailportion ended without a distinctly visible fin, in this respecthaving some resemblance to the species coming next under ournotice, and of which I shall make a comparison with the OceanPipefish; but this defect may have been the result of accident..
RM2AXHF0R–The food and game fishes of New York: . RT OK THE FOREST, EISII AND GAME COMMISSION. 139. Burbot ; Lawyer; Ling [Lota maculosa LeSueur). Gadiis maiii/osiis LeSuf.ur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Fhila., I, 83, 1817, Lake Erie. Gadiis laciistris MncHiLU, Am. Month. Mag., II, 244, February, 1818. Lota inoniata Df.Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Fish., 283, >. 45, fig. 145, 1842, Hudson River. Lota compressa DeKay, op. cit. 285, pi. 78, figs. 244, 245, 1842. Lota maculosa DeKay, op. cit. 284, pi. 52, fig. 168, 1842; Jord.an & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., , 1883; Meek, Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci., IV, 315, 1888, Cay
RM2AX79GK–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ad. 130 scales in lateral line,jp in transverse series on body, 24 round caudal peduncle. Slate-greyabove, white beneath. Total length 360 millim. Uelle River, Congo.—Type in Paris Museum. 12. MORMYRUS LONGIROSTRIS. Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1852, p. 275 ; Gunth, Oat. Fish. vi. p. 216 (1866) ;Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 83, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1868) ; Bouleng. Tr.Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 546 ; Pappenh. Mittb. Zool. Mus. Berl. iii. 1907, p. 362.Mormyrus mucupe, Peters, tt. cc. pp. 275, 87, pi. xvi. fig. 1 ; Gun
RM2AX2TX8–Fishes . Fio. 104—CalacantJiui elegans Newberry. From the Ohio Carboniferous, showingair-bladder. (After Dean.) piece. The notochord is persistent, causing the back-bonein fossils to appear hollow, the cartilaginous material leavingno trace in the rocks. The genera and species are numerous,ranging from the Subcarboniferous to the Upper Cretaceous,many of them belonging to Ccvlacanthus, the chief genus of the The Crossopterygii •31 single family Coslacanthidcs. In Ccelacanthiis the fin-rays arewithout denticles. Ccelacanthus granulatus is found in theEuropean Permian. Ccelacanthus elegans of th
RM2AX56WG–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . ching ventral.Caudal forked, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle a little longer thandeep. Scales 30-31 gr, 2 between lateral line and root of ventral. Olive-grey above, silvery beneath, with a dark lateral band. Total length 90 millim. Upper Congo (Lake Leopold II.). — Types in Congo Museum,Tervueren. 1-3. Types. Kutu, L. Leopold II. M. P. Delhez (C). 4. Skel. „ „ „ 6. PETERSIUS BRUMPTI.Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1906, p. 368. Form and coloration as in P. leopoldhinus. but depth of body only 236 CHARACIN1D
RM2AX350T–Fishes . ped, belong to the family of Dasyatidce. Thisgroup is characterized by the small skate-like teeth and liythe non-extension of the pectoral rays on the head. The skin issmooth or more or less rough. These animals lie flat on the sandybottoms in nearly all seas, feeding on crabs and shellfish. Allhatch the eggs within the body. The genus Vrolophtis has a The True Sharks 21 3 rounded disk, and a stout, short tail with a caudal fin. It has astrong spine, and for its size is the most dangerous of the sting-rays. Urolophtis halleri, the California species, was named for ayoung man who was s
RM2AXJ42M–The food and game fishes of New York: . Glasseye and Wall-eyedPike. In the (ireat Lakes region it is known as Blue Pike, Yellow Pike, Green Pikeand Grass Pike. In the Ohio Valley and Western North Carolina it is the Jack ; inLake Erie and Canada, the Pickerel: in some parts of the (.)hi(3 Valley, the WhiteSalmon or Jack Salmon. The Cree Indians call it the okiK^ and the French Cana-dians do)-c or picarcl. Among the fur traders of British America it is called theHornfish. The Pike Perch or Wall-eyed Pike inhabits the Great Lakes region and extendsnorthward into British America, where it has bee
RM2AX6PDX–Fishes . Fig. 315 —Mad-toni, Schilbeodes furiosus Jordan and .Meek. Sho^ving the poisonedpectoral spine. Family Siluridas. Neuse River. Pelicans which have swallowed the catfish have been known todie of the wounds inflicted by the fishs spine. When the catfishwas first introduced into the Sacramento, according to Mr. WillS. Green, it caused the death of many of the native Sacra-mento perch (Archoplites interritptiis). This perch (or ratherbass) fed on the young catfish, and the latter erecting theirpectoral spines in turn caused the death of the perch by tear-ing the walls of its stomach. In l
RM2AX5HAA–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . y greater than length of head, 3| to4 times in total length. Head twice as long as broad, longer than deep ;snout a little shorter than eye, which is 2i to 2§ times in length of headand nearly equals interorbital width; maxillary extending nearly to f a below anterior border of eye ; 14 teeth (g-) in upper jaw, 10 (^) in lower.Gill-rakers short, 14-15 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 8,originating immediately behind vertical of base of ventrals, a littlenearer caudal than end of snout, longest ray
RM2AJC5BT–Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried on by F.I.S 'Endeavour,' 1909-14 under H.C Dannevig, commonwealth director of fisheries Volume 1-5 . A. M. Bale, del. EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. Fig. 1. Charonia nodifera, Lamarck, var enclia, Hedley. ZOOL. RESULTS ENDEAVOUR, Vol. II. Plate VIII.. C. Clutton, photo., Austr. Mas. EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. Fig. 2. Altivasum aurantiacum, Verco. ZOOL. RESULTS ENDEAVOUR, Vol. II. Plate IX.
RM2AWTFYE–Fishes . SpottedTrunk fish (face. Fin. 522.—Spineless Trunkfisli, Lactophrys triqueler (Linnspus). Tortug.is. horns over the eye; Lactophrys trijoints has spines on the lowerparts only. Lactophrys triqiieter is without spines, and thefourth American species, Lactophrys bicaiidalis, is marked bylarge black spots. The species of Ostracion radiate from theEast Indies. One of them, Ostracion gibbosum, has a turret-like spine on the middle of the back, causing the carapace toappear five-angled; Ostracion diaphaniim has short horns overthe eye, and Ostracion cormitum very long ones; Ostracion Series
RM2AWX108–Fishes . Fig. 408.—Opisthognathus nigromarginatus. India. (.Alter Day.) the banded Oplegnathus fasciaiiis. Other species are found inAustralia and Chile. The Swallowers: Chiasmodontidae.—The family of swallowersChiasmodontidcs, is made up of a few deep-sea fishes of softflesh and feeble spines, the opercular apparatus much reduced.. Fio. 469.—Black Swallower, Chiasmodon nigcr Johnson, containing a fish largerthan itself. Le Have Bank. The ventrals are post-thoracic, the rays 1,5, facts which pointto some affinity with the Opislliognailndcc, although Boulengerplaces these fishes among the Pcrce
RM2AX76NJ–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . xv. fig. 1 (1907). Depth of body i to 5 times in total length, length of head 6 to 7-ftimes. Snout very short, shorter than eye, the diameter of which is3 to 3^ times in length of head and equals or nearly equals interocularwidth ; mouth extending to below anterior third or centre of eye;nasal tentacle long and attenuate, f to f diameter of eye; praeorbital,suborbitals, praeoperculum, and mandible with the edge stronglyserrated; praeoperculum with a serrated ridge, parallel with the lowerborder. Gill-membr
RM2AX8PE3–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . Tijdschr. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. (2) iii. 1891, p. 84.Gnatlwnemus moorii, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 803, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 94 (1901) ; Pappenh. Mitth. Zool. Mus. Berl. iii. 1907, p. 354. Depth of body 3 to 3f times in total length, length of head 4 to 5times. Head as long as deep or slightly longer than deep, with curvedupper profile; snout short, about length of head; a globular dermalswelling on the chin ; teeth small, notched, 5 in upper jaw, 6 in lower;eye moderate, f to -f length of sn
RM2AWWTK9–Fishes . Fig. 473 —Channa formosana Jordan & Evermann. Streams of Formosa. These fishes have no special organ for holding water on thegills, but the gill space may be partly closed by a membrane.According to Dr. Giinther, these fishes are able to siu-vivedrought living in semi-fluid mud or lying in a torpid statebelow the hard-baked crusts of the bottom of a tank fromwhich every drop of water has disappeared. Respiration is. Fig. 474.—Snake-headed China-fish, Ojo/urep/w/us barca. India. (After Day.) probably entirely suspended during the state of torpidity, butwhilst the mud is still soft enou
RM2AKHYEG–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 . Colorado River Trout Salnio pleiiriticHs (Cope) In all the headwaters of the Colorado is found another re-presentative of the cut-throat trout series. It is abundant through-out western Colorado and in all clear mountain streams in Arizona.It is common in the Eagle and Gunnison where it reaches agood size and is a game-fish of very high rank. Opercle short, 4I to 5 in head; scales small. 187 to iqo inlateral lin
RM2AN84CX–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . in the genus C/wpert, but without carinated abdomen. See Reg. Anim.torn. ij. p.326. J and Am. Trans, vol. i. 363—365. u 4 296 CLASSIFICATION OP FISHES , ETC. 4. SuBFAM. ESOCIX.^. The Pikes. Dorsal fin single^ close to the end of the tail; mouthlarge; teeth numerous, large^ acute.* 5. Subta:m. EXOCETIX^. Flying Fish. Teeth fe^v, minute ; hody herring-shaped , very hroadon the back, hut gTeatly compressed towards the belly ;mouth small, obliquely cleft; teeth minute; eyes large;ventral fins lengthened. ExocETus Linn.
RM2AN7DB2–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . cylindrical, confounded withthe head ; tail very short; scales smooth; caudalplates entire, in two rows. C. Linnae Boie. (Coluber calamarius Linn.) Brachyorrhos Kuhl. Head not distinct; eyes small;tail short, acute. albus. Linn. Mus. Adol. pi. 14. fig. 2. Lycodon Boie. Scales nearly square ; body long, sub-compressed j abdominal plates convex.L. fasciolatus Linn. Shaw, Russell, Serp. i. pi. 21. Zenopeltis Boie. Nose rounded; plates of the headtriangular, larger than the dorsal scales; tail conical.Z. eoncolor Boie.
RM2AKFYW5–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 . RED HIND, Epincphdus g.itl.atiis Promicrops weight of about 500 pounds, and rivaling in size the largest knownexamples of the spotted jewfish and the California jewflsh. No small. •^«JS3^iSM^ examples have ever been seen, only one weighing less than 100 poundshaving been recorded. Colour, plain chocolate-brown, varying to blackish gray, withoutmarkings, or with faint blotches, the lower parts scarcely paler, the
RM2AJ1W38–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . he length of twenty-five feet, and whichis a savage and destructive wanderer over the wholeocean. Its jaws are armed with innumerable cuttingteeth, acutely pointed at their tips, and generally den-tated on their margins, the base being very wide and * Mag. of N. Hist. No. xiii. p. 35— Differs only from Carcharias Cuv.by the teeth being of the same shape in the upper and lower jaw ; viz. thepoints directed towards the corner of the mouth, with a smooth edge, anda truncated protuberance, either smooth or indented, on
RM2AX76D6–Fishes . CHAPTER II THE EXTERIOR OF THE FISH jORM of Body.—With a glance at the fish as a livingorganism and some knowledge of those structureswhich are to be readily seen without dissection, weare prepared to examine its anatomy in detail, and to note someof the variations which may be seen in different parts of thegreat group. In general fishes are boat-shaped, adapted for swift progressthrough the water. They are longer than broad or deep andthe greatest width is in front of the middle, leaving the com-pressed paddle-like tail as the chief organ of locomotion. But to all these statements th
RM2AWT2RH–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . 221 (1866), and Pethericks Trav. ii. p. 256 (1869).Petrocephalus isidori, Marciisen, Bull. Ac. St. Peterj^b. xii. 1854, p. 14, and Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (7) vii. 1864, no. 4, p. 150. pi. v. fig. 20. 6 MOKMYRID.E. Marcusenius isidori, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1808, p. 708, and Fish. Nile, p. 42,pi. vil. fig. 1 (1907). Depth of body 2 J to 3J times in total length; length of head 4 to 4^times. Head as long as deep; snout y to J length of head, rounded,projecting beyond mouth; mouth situated below nostrils
RM2AX5DMD–Fishes . Fig. 83.—Golden Surmullet, Mullus auratus Jordan & Gilbert.Woods Hole, Mass. kumu {Pseudupeneus bifasciaius and Pseudupetteus porphyreus),are scarcely inferior to it. Side by side with these belongs the whitefish of the GreatLakes (Coregonus cliipeijormis). Its flesh, deUcate, slightly. Fig. 83.—Spanish Mackerel, Scomberomorus macidatus Mitchill.Family ScombridcB. Key West. gelatinous, moderately oily, is extremely agreeable. Sir JohnRichardson records the fact that one can eat the flesh of thisfish longer than any other without the feeling of cloying. Thesalmon cannot be placed in th
RM2AWP9HM–Fishes . t, blunt and short. Zali-eutes elater, with a large black eye-like spot on each side of theback, is found on the west coast of Mexico. In deeper waterare species of Halieutichthys in the West Indies and of HalieutcBain Japan. Dihranchus atlanticiis has the gills reduced to twopairs. Malthopsis consists of small species, with the rostrumprominent, like a bishops miter. Two species are found in thePacific, Malthopsis niitrata in Hawaii and Malthopsis tiarella inJapan. And with these dainty freaks of the sea, the results of cen-turies on centuries of specialization, degeneration, and ada
RM2AX5EP6–Fishes . • HE Flesh of Fishes.—xVmong all races of men, fishesare freely eaten as food, either raw, as preferred bythe Japanese and Hawaiians, or else as cooked,salted, dried, or otherwise preserved. The flesh of most fishes is white, flakj, readily digestible,and with an agreeable flavor. Some, as the salmon, are chargedwith oil, which aids to give an orange hue known as salmoncolor. Others have colorless oil which may be of various con-sistencies. Some have dark-red flesh, which usually containsa heavy oil which becomes acrid when stale. Some fishes, asthe sharks, have tough, coarse flesh. S
RM2AXJ7HJ–Martini ThBrunnichii rerum naturalet oeconom..Ichthyologia massiliensis : sistens piscium descriptiones, eorumque apud incolas nomina . 16. V.7. A. if. C. ip. C l u p e a maxilla fuperiore longiorecorpore argenteo fupra cceruleo. Maailienfibus ANCHIOVE. f * Desch. 84 PISCES MASSILIENSES, Descr. Corpus elongatum, anguftum, co-loris argentei, dorfum coerulefcens. Cutiscorporis fubtiliflima. Caput acutum; vertexplanus usque ad apicem roftri, medio longitu-dinaliter carinatus. Iris oculorum luteo argen-tea. Opercula lasvia. Nares ad apicem labiifuperioris e foraminibus duobus conftantes:Nafus fjro
RM2ANFY3N–California fish and game . ds of eagerstudents of all ages and sexes to battle for fish conservation, and wewould make our society a power in the land. Many of our membersare easy and graceful writers, and I feel certain that enough of themwould be willing to contribute articles to such a journal that wouldmake it authoritative and valuable as well as interesting and entertain-ing, and, should the experiment succeed, we would have the conscious-ness of having performed a valuable service to our country. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 65 TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST GAME REFUGE. By E. V. Jotter, Chief Fo
RM2ANH86J–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon .
RM2AWTAW8–Fishes . n all cases, so far as known to thewriter, the hypercoracoid is perforate as in the Percomorphi.There are nimierous points of resemblance between the Cir-rhitida: and the Scorpmtidce, and it is probable that the Scor-pccnida with all the other Pareioplitcs sprang from some per-ciform stock allied to Cirrhitida: and Latrididcc. Fossil mailed-cheek fishes are extremely few and throw littlelight on the origin of the group. Those belong chiefly to theCottidce. Lepidocottns, recorded from the Miocene and Oligo-cene, seems to be the earliest genus. The Scorpion-fishes: Scorpaenidae. — The v
RM2AN3490–..The fishes of Illinois . on the bottom, like the darter, by means of its pairedfins. In ordinary seasons it spawns in central Illinois in April andMay. Ripe males were taken at Havana April 10, 1899, and fe-males with ripe ovaries from March 20 to April 15. This fish bitesreadily at a small hook, but its flesh is bony and without flavor, andowing to its small size the species has no commercial value. Genus MINYTREMA Jordan(spotted suckers) Body elongate, compressed; mouth inferior; upper lip freely pro-tractile; lower lip plicate, forming an angle posteriorly; posteriorfontanelle large; supr
RM2AN2W3B–..The fishes of Illinois . um, and makes a good bait for black bass. 128 FISHES OF ILLINOIS Spawning females, with eggs running from the vent, have beentaken by us from the first to the last of May, and occasional speci-mens were found full of eggs as late as July 30. The eggs are ex-tremely adhesive, and contain no oil globule. The males averagesmaller in size than the females, and have the back somewhat moreSwollen at the nape. Their sides are rough with minute tubercles,but the head and snout are not tuberculate. Genus CLIOLA Girard Fishes with the form and appearance of Pimephales, but wit
![The food and game fishes of New York: . -: afaint spot on last rays of dorsal bordered by paler ; three oblique dusky bars radiat-ing from eye ; belly yellowish. lOi. Green Sunfish ; Red-eye [.Iponwtis cyaiic/his RafincsqueV Lcpomis cyaitcllus l!i;., l-ishcs Icnna., no, ])!. 31, fig. 61, 1S93 ; Mkek, .n. N. V. Ac. Sci., IV, 313, 1888.Apoiiiotis i-yaiie/liis Jordan 5: Evermann, Bull. 47, V. S. Nat. Mus., 996, 1896. The Blue-spotted Sunfish, also known as the Green Sunfish and Red-eye. extendsfrom the Great Lakes region, throughout the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys south to. 4»x THK FUUl) AND G Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AXJBE1/the-food-and-game-fishes-of-new-york-afaint-spot-on-last-rays-of-dorsal-bordered-by-paler-three-oblique-dusky-bars-radiat-ing-from-eye-belly-yellowish-loi-green-sunfish-red-eye-iponwtis-cyaiichis-rafincsquev-lcpomis-cyaitcllus-l!i-l-ishcs-icnna-no-!-31-fig-61-1s93-mkek-n-n-v-ac-sci-iv-313-1888apoiiiotis-i-yaiieliis-jordan-5-evermann-bull-47-v-s-nat-mus-996-1896-the-blue-spotted-sunfish-also-known-as-the-green-sunfish-and-red-eye-extendsfrom-the-great-lakes-region-throughout-the-ohio-and-mississippi-valleys-south-to-4x-thk-fuul-and-g-2AXJBE1.jpg "The food and game fishes of New York: . -: afaint spot on last rays of dorsal bordered by paler ; three oblique dusky bars radiat-ing from eye ; belly yellowish. lOi. Green Sunfish ; Red-eye [.Iponwtis cyaiic/his RafincsqueV Lcpomis cyaitcllus l!i;., l-ishcs Icnna., no, ])!. 31, fig. 61, 1S93 ; Mkek, .n. N. V. Ac. Sci., IV, 313, 1888.Apoiiiotis i-yaiie/liis Jordan 5: Evermann, Bull. 47, V. S. Nat. Mus., 996, 1896. The Blue-spotted Sunfish, also known as the Green Sunfish and Red-eye. extendsfrom the Great Lakes region, throughout the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys south to. 4»x THK FUUl) AND G Stock Photo")
RM2AXJBE1–The food and game fishes of New York: . -: afaint spot on last rays of dorsal bordered by paler ; three oblique dusky bars radiat-ing from eye ; belly yellowish. lOi. Green Sunfish ; Red-eye [.Iponwtis cyaiic/his RafincsqueV Lcpomis cyaitcllus l!i;., l-ishcs Icnna., no, ])!. 31, fig. 61, 1S93 ; Mkek, .n. N. V. Ac. Sci., IV, 313, 1888.Apoiiiotis i-yaiie/liis Jordan 5: Evermann, Bull. 47, V. S. Nat. Mus., 996, 1896. The Blue-spotted Sunfish, also known as the Green Sunfish and Red-eye. extendsfrom the Great Lakes region, throughout the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys south to. 4»x THK FUUl) AND G
RM2AKHBP3–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 . tines; Mulliis, 268 aa. Teeth on both jaws; vomer and palatines toothless. b. Teeth small, subequal, in villiform bands in both jaws;... Mitlloides, 269 bb. Teeth rather strong, unequal, in one or 2 series in each jaw Upeneus, 270 GENUS MULLUS LINN^USThe Surmullets Villiform teeth on the lower law, and on vomer and palatines,none in the upper jaw, the bone forming a hook over the max-illary well developed; no sp
RM2AX2HJ6–Fishes . scutes, but is not covered with continuous scales. The principalgenus is Saitrorhynchiis {—Beloiiorhynclius; the former beingthe earlier name) from the Triassic. Saurorhynchiis acntus fromthe English Triassic is the best known species. The family of Chondrosteidcs includes the Triassic precursors 254 The Ganoids of the sturgeons. The general form is that of the sturgeon,but the body is scaleless except on the upper caudal lobe, andthere are no plates on the median line of the skull. The oper-cle and subopercle are present, tlie jaws are toothless, and thereare a few well-developed cau
RM2AWNH7G–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . ed, not longer than eye, which is lateral and 3 to3^ times in length of head ; iuterorbital region feebly convex, its width2^ to 2^ times in length of head; maxillary not quite reaching to below S . 8 • anterior border of eye; 16 teeth (-y) in upper jaw, 10 (.,-) in lower;lower border of second suborbital longer than eye. CTill-rakers mode-rately long, 18-20 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II 8,originating behind vertical of base of ventral, at equal distance from eyeor from nostril and from cauda
RM2AX71CW–Fishes . black, while inrelated forms it may be pale in color. It is more likely to beblack in fishes from deep water and in fishes which feed onplants. The Spiral Valve.—In the sharks or skates the rectum orlarge intestine is peculiarly modified, being provided with a spiralvalve, with sometimes as many as forty gyrations. A spiralvalve is also present in the more ancient types of the true fishesas dipnoans, crossopterygians, and ganoids. This valve greatlyincreases the surface of the intestine, doing away with the neces-sity for length. In the bow^n (Aniia) and the garpike (Lepi- The Dissect
RM2AX6TFJ–Fishes . as the lancelet, lie buried inthe sand all tlicir lives. Others, as the sand-darter {Ammocryptapellncida) and the liinalea (Julis gaimard), bury themselves inthe sand at intervals or to escape from their enemies. Some livein the cavities of tunicates or sponges or holothurians or coralsor oysters, often passing their whole lives inside the cavity ofone animal. Many others hide themselves in the interstices ofkelp or seaweeds. Some eels coil themselves in tlie crevices ofrocks or coral masses, striking at their prey like snakes. Somesea-horses cling by their tails to gulfweed or sea-wr
RM2AWXWC4–Fishes . Fig. mS—Epinephelus mori,, ( uitr & Valenciennes), Red Grouper, or Mero. Family Serranidce the bonaci cardenal. Mycteroperca bonaci; the bonaci ararasells in our markets as black grouper. Mycteroperca microlepis I. The Bass and their Relatives 541 is commonest along our South Atlantic coast, not reachingthe West Indies, and Mycteroperca rubra, which is never red,enters the Mediterranean. Mycteroperca falcata is known inthe markets as scamp, and Mycteroperca venadonim is a giantspecies from the Venados Islands, near Mazatlan. Diploprionbifasciatus is a handsome grouper-like fish with
RM2AX6BMD–Fishes . the bottom with their thick, sensitive lips, either puckeredor papillose, feeding by suction. Lampreys and Hagfishes.—The lampreys suck tlie blood ofother fishes to which they fasten themselves by their disk-likemouth armed with rasping teeth. The hagfishes (Myxine, Eptatrctiis) alone among fishes aretruly parasitic. These fishes, worm-like in form, have roundmouths, armed with strong hooked teeth. Tliey fasten them-selves at the throats of large fishes, work their way into themuscle without tearing the skin, antl finally once inside devourall the muscles of the fish, leaving the skin
RM2AX4AHM–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . —Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 1. Ad., type. Boma, Lower Congo. Capt. Wilverth (C). 2. Ad., type. Cataracts o£ Manyanga. „ 3-4. Yg., types. 5. Skel. 6. Hgr., type. 7. Ad. 8-10. Hgr. & yg. 11. Yg. 12. Ad. DISTICHODUS.Stanley Pool. Bolobo, Upper Congo.Monsembe, ,, Upper Congo. Lindi River, Upper Congo. Banzyville, Ubanghi. 1 M. A. Greshoff (C.) ; Utrecht University (E.).Rev. G. Grenfell (P.).Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). Brussels University.M. M. Storms (C.) ; Brussels Museum (P.).Capt. Royaux (C). 12. DISTICHOD
RM2AXHF9J–The food and game fishes of New York: . GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 445 after frosts have set in. The species ascends fresh-water rivers far above the limitsof tide, and may be transferred suddenly from salt water to fresh without incon-venience. It spawns in the early part of winter, and is present at this time in suchlarge numbers as to make its capture with dip nets comparatively easy. The Frost-fish is the commonest member of the Cod family in New York waters. Its size issmall, but, from the fact that it occurs in such abundance, it is an important marketspecies. It is subject to great variat
RM2ANFGDT–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon . :; / W
RM2AN89YH–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . maculatus. Sw. App.. acus. Risso, L 82. pi. 4. 11. Ophidium Linn. (fig.JS.^Body anguilliform, o-paque; eyes very large;throat furnished withcirri,barbatum. Bl. 159.* ^(/^.78.) Vassalli. Risso, Nice. Lp. 97. 5. SuBFAM. STYLEPHORIN^. Eyes pedunculated. Stylephorus Shaw. Body anguilliform, very long,compressed ; eyes pedunculated, standing on a short,thick cylinder; snout lengthened ; directed upwards,retractile towards the head ; mouth without teeth ;pectoral fins small; dorsal the length of the back j;• caudal verti
RM2ANFP4P–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon . G.K toi-d -lei. Suzioi iith. LSmern Bros l.CHORINEMUS MOADETTA. 2. TRACHYNOTUS OVATUS. 3, T.RTJSSELL1I 4, PLATAX TEIRA. 5,PSETTUS ARGENTEUS. Days FisL.es of India. Plate LLC..
RM2AKB9J0–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 . PlKKiSll, Lagodon rhomboides. aS^f^ BROAD SHAD, Xystwrnj cinereitm Ulaema GENUS ULy^MA JORDAN & EVERMANN This genus is close to Euciiiostomus, from which it differs in theform of the second interhoemal. The single species {Ulcvma lefroyi)is known from the Bermudas, the West Indies, and north on sandyshores to Cedar Keys. It reaches 8 inches in length, and is plain sil-very in colour. GENUS XYST^MA JORDAN & EVERM
RM2AN7N3W–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . nigriciiictus. Russ. Serp. pi. 6. chloris. lb. pi. 7. Pel AMIS Daud. Head gibbous, or enlarged behind;all the scales small, equal, and hexagonal; head withlarge plates; poisonous. P. bicolor Schn. Russ. Serp. pi. 41. Chersydrus Cuv. Head and body entirely coveredwith small carinated scales ; the tail compressed.C. granulatus Mer. Achrocordus Cuv. Resembling the last, but the tail isnot compressed. A. Javanicus Auct. dubius {fig. 113.) OPHIDES. CROTALID^. 36i
RM2AJ170E–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . e genera. THE COBITID^, OB LOACHES. 361 not belong to them ; and although we are not pre-pared, at present, to adduce equally conclusive evidencethat the loaches are excluded from the Salmonidte, ourinvestigations, as we have shown, have been carriedsufficiently far to render such a supposition highly im-probable. The viviparous nature of the Cobitidoe ne-cessarily carries with it certain peculiarities in thegenerative organs, not necessary, indeed, to be heredetailed; yet of great importance in determining therank
RM2AKA56K–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 . when it approaches the shores and even ascends rivers and creeksfor spawning purposes. It has been taken in the Kennebec River60 miles from its mouth and far above the reach of the tide. Whenascending rivers they are taken in large numbers with dip-nets andwith hook and line at bridges and wharves. Though most abundant in winter they may be found alongthe shore at all seasons. In form the tomcod is a miniature c
RM2AKHN2W–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 . GOLDEN TROUT OF SUNAPEE LAKE Salvehmis atireolus Montana Grayling surrounded with a splendid emerald green, which fades after death—the changeable shade of green seen in the peacoci^s tail. Head about 5; scales 93 to 98; D. 21 or 22, lower and smallerthan in T. sigjiifer. Colour, brilliant, purplish-gray; young moresilvery; sides of head with bright bluish and bronze reflections;anterior part of side with small,
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RM2AWTTPB–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . ). 27t) (181()); Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 220 (1800), and Pethericks Trav. ii. p. 251 (18(;J).Mormyrus cijpnnoules (non L.), I. Geoffr. Descr. Egypte, Poiss. p. 277, pi. viii. figs. 3 & 4 (1827).Mormyrits de(j>ie.ull. ]>. 14.Petrocephalus dejoannis, Marcusen, 1. c.Itrorejduih(s ehr()d>e>yn, IIarcusen, 1. c. Pier. 34.. Petrocephalus hane.Cairo (F. N.). |. Depth of body 2h to 3J times in total leno:th, length of head ojto 4^times. Plead as long as deep or a little deeper than long, rounded ;
RM2ANF8EX–The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon .
RM2AKJ1PD–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 . STEELHEAD TROUT, Salmo gainivcn. CUT-THROAT TROVT. Salmo clarkU The Cut-throat Trout The silver trout of Lnke Tahoe and the yellow-finned trout ofTwin Lakes probably spawn in deeper water. The cut-throat trout and its different derived forms vary greatlyin the sizes at which they reach maturity, the chief factors being, ofcourse, the size of the body of water they inhabit and the amountof the food supply. Those
RM2AJ1G32–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . nd as we join with Cuvier in believing thatSudis is closely allied to Erythrinus, and that these, bymeans of Gonorynchus Gronov., pass into the Cyprince,—we cannot substitute any other type in the place of THE CLUPEINjE, OR HERRINGS. 265 Sudis, merely to give an additional air of perfection tothe foregoing table. We now close our survey of thesalmons, and proceed to the next family. (232.) The Clupein^, or herrings, appear to hold anatural station between the salmons (Salmonince) and thepikes (Esocince). This situa
RM2AX4B6W–Fishes . supposedly water-proof boots and feeling the water trickling incoolingly; nor did he know the joy of casting a gaudy fly farahead with a four-ounce rod, letting it drift, insect-like, overthat black hole by the tree stump, and then feeling the sea-weed line slip through his fingers to the whirr of the reel. And,at the end of the day, supper over, he did not squat around abig camp-fire and light his pipe, the silent darkness of the moun-tains gathering round, and a basketful of willow-packed trouthung in the clump of pines by the tent. Izaaks idea of fishingdid not comprehend such joy.
RM2AN79T1–The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . ray j caudal fin ? In the British Museum. The only specimen existing in our national collection is, unfortunately,deprived of its caudal fin. The unusual length, however, of the ventrals,which reach to the aperture of the anus, seems to be a positive mark ofdistinction, particularly as this fin is longer than the pectorals, a dispropor-tion which I have not observed in any other. The colours are completelygone, and the specimen, apparently, is very old. It is the largest of any?Cepola in that collection; but I omit
RM2AN9BHA–Report on the marine fishes collected by MrJStanley Gardiner in the Indian Ocean . 6. FISHES FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN. E Wilson de: ec imp. Percy Slaben Trust Expedition.(Regan) Tra.ns. Link Soc.,Ser.2. Zool Vol XII Pl 32. ^V mi Wk. FISHES PROM THE INDIAN OCEAN. y. Wilaon del.et imp. LIiNNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. ^/ MEMOllANDA CONCERNING TRANSACTIONS. The First Series of tlie Transactions, coutaining both Botanical and Zoological contributions, has been completediu 30 Vols., and a few entire sets are still for sale. Only certain singlo volumes, or parts to complete sets, may beobtained at the orig
RM2AWHYWC–Handbook of the marine and freshwater fishes of the British Islands : (including an enumeration of every species) . oon as possible. An instance is recordedof an example caught by some North Sea trawlers,which seized a mop handle that was held out to itso savagely and pertinaciously that it allowed itself to beswung overboard before it would release its hold, and oneof its teeth being even then left embedded in the wood.Living examples of this very formidable and somewhat 58 MARINE AND FRESHWATER FISHES repulsive-looking type were imported by the writer, throughMessrs. Jeffs and Blake, of Gt.
RM2AWPMJP–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) .. . the types. Banzyville. Capt. Rojaux (C). 30. GNATHONEMUS CURVIROSTRIS. Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Conoo, Zool. i. p. 13, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1898), Proc. Zool. Soc.1898, p. 811, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 106 (1901). Depth of body 4f times in total length, length of head 3J times.Upper profile of head descending in a strong curve; snout much pro-longed, tubiform, strongly compressed, curved downwards, its length 3Jtimes postocular part of head, and 12 times its least depth, which a littleexceeds diameter of eye ; la
RM2ANHXW3–Peixes Plagiostomos . 11 ^kààJ SÊ? i iVtw» Y^ ?^^ i^.^.-% W K* K.^^•. .V ?-<;* v^ . ^^ m ^Vv ^^u. ífc V V . — ——-^ -.
RM2AX8YF2–Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) . eyondvertical of base of latter. Caudal with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle3 times as long as deep, as long as head. 67 scales in lateral line, ^ in g2 84 MOKMYRID.E. in transverse series on body, ^ in transverse series between dorsal andanal, 12 round caudal peduncle. Pale brownish above, silvery whitebeneath ; head closely dotted with dark brown ; a pair of dark brownbars across nape. Total length 190 millim. Lower Niger. 1. Type. issay. J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 23. MARCUSEN1US MACROPS, sp. n.Depth of bo
RM2AKBF8H–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 . ulf coast from Tampa to Corpus Christi, itis generally abundant in all suitable places. In Indian River it is,next to the mullet, the most abundant food-fish, and is found at alltimes. Though playing in and out with the tide, and moving some-what from place to place, it is not properly a migratory fish. It does notschool, as the mullets do, but is often found in considerable bunches,brought together by presence
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