. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 340 FISHES OF NOETH CAROLINA. described in key), the lines of two sides united by a branch over nape; dorsal rays in+ 27, the anterior soft rays elongated but not so long as head; anal rays 25; caudal lobes produced in adult. Color: in general grayish olive; 2 dark cross-bars under soft dorsal fin; small purplish spots on back and purplish marks on snout; eye surroimded by a ring of blue spots and green streaks; first dorsal with blue spots; second dorsal and anal yellow, with rows of light blue spots and a green network; pectorals green, with blue base
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 340 FISHES OF NOETH CAROLINA. described in key), the lines of two sides united by a branch over nape; dorsal rays in+ 27, the anterior soft rays elongated but not so long as head; anal rays 25; caudal lobes produced in adult. Color: in general grayish olive; 2 dark cross-bars under soft dorsal fin; small purplish spots on back and purplish marks on snout; eye surroimded by a ring of blue spots and green streaks; first dorsal with blue spots; second dorsal and anal yellow, with rows of light blue spots and a green network; pectorals green, with blue base and green spots, (carolinensis, inhabiting Carolina.). Fig. 152. Trigger-fish. Balistes carolinensis. A widely distributed species, very common in the West Indies and the Medi- terranean Sea, sometimes carried northward in the Gulf Stream to New York and Massachusetts. It attains a length of more than a foot, and at Key West, where it is called turbot, it is extensively eaten. There are no published records of the fish's occurrence in North Carolina, but it must have been observed on many occasions and at various points. The only specimens known from state waters have been taken at Beaufort—1 in the summer of 1903; another caught on a hook in August, 1905; and a third obtained, at Fivers Island oh October 9, 1905. Family MONACANTHID^. The File-fishes. Shore fishes of warmer regions, feeding chiefly on algae; species mostly small, of no food value, the ffesh bitter; similar to the trigger-fishes but having only a single dorsal spine. Body much compressed, rather deep; mouth small, termi- nal; incisor teeth in upper jaw in a double series; in lower jaw in a single series; gill-openings mere slits; lateral line absent; scales small, spine-bearing; dorsal spine barbed or smooth, sometimes a rudimentary spine behind; second dorsal long, widely separated from the spine; anal similar; caudal peduncle long or short, the fin broad or elongate; pectorals very .short; ventrals either a
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