. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 88. SPARID^âPIMELEPTERUS. 561 obtusely lanceolate incisors, implanted with compressed usually conspic- nous roots posteriorly; behind these a narrow band of villiform teeth: fine teeth on vomer, palatines, and tongue. Brauchiostegals 7 ; gill-rakers long. Preopercle obsoletely serrate; preorbital narrow, covering but little of the maxillary. Squaraation very complete, the space between and about the eyes being the only naked part; scales smallish, thick, ctenoid, 60-70 in the lateral line, which is continuous; similar sca
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 88. SPARID^âPIMELEPTERUS. 561 obtusely lanceolate incisors, implanted with compressed usually conspic- nous roots posteriorly; behind these a narrow band of villiform teeth: fine teeth on vomer, palatines, and tongue. Brauchiostegals 7 ; gill-rakers long. Preopercle obsoletely serrate; preorbital narrow, covering but little of the maxillary. Squaraation very complete, the space between and about the eyes being the only naked part; scales smallish, thick, ctenoid, 60-70 in the lateral line, which is continuous; similar scales entirely covering the soft parts of the vertical flns, and extending up outhe paired flns. Dorsal fin low, with about 11 spines, which are depres- gible in a groove of scales; the fin continuous, but the last spines low, 80 that a depression occurs between the two parts of the fin; the bases of the spinous and soft parts about equal; anal similar to soft dorsal, with 3 spines; caudal fin forked; jjectoral flns small; ventrals well behind them. Intestinal canal long. Pyloric cceca usually very numerous. Species numerous, in all warm seas. Herbivorous. {ntfjLeXijqj fat; irrepov, fin.) 0. Soft dorsal and anal not elevated, the latter rather short. (Pimelept^us.) §§7. P. bOSCi Lac. Dusky, with series of light stripes, about 25 in number, following the rows of scales; the middle part of each scale pale, the edge dusky; the stripes along middle of body much broader than the others, the scales along the back and belly being much smaller; a silvery streak along the preorbital. Body ovate, somewhat compressed. Longest dor- sal spine one-fifth the height of the body, rather higher than the soft dorsal and nearly equal to the longest ray of the anal. Horizontal pro- cess of the teeth not much longer than the vertical. Interorbital space 2J in head; top and sides of head finely scaled; interorbital region gibbous, below which point the snout is truncate; preopercle weakly serrul
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