The Fishes of North and Middle America Volume 4, PT. 1; A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Fish-Like Vertebrates Found in the Waters of North a (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...the vertebral column showing through. Cuba. (Poey); not seen by us. (rpaxvi, rough; oOpd, tail.) Trachypterus trachyurus, Poey, Meniorias, n, 420,1861, Cuba. Family CCXVIII. STYLKPHORID.&. Body elongate, compressed, ribbon-shaped; the dorsal extending from head nearly to end of tail; tail terminating in an exceedingly long, cordlike appendage, about twice as long as head. Anal absent; ventrals absent; caudal erected upward, having its rays connected by a rather firm membrane. Snout produced; mouth small, toothless; maxillary bones small, short, hidden behind premaxillaries; mandible long, extending far behind the eye. Eye large, turned forward; suborbital very large, covering nearly the whole of cheek and extending backward behind eye. Opercles small. Gill openings wide; gills 4. Vent premedian. Branchiostegals 4. (Goode & Bean.) This family is based on a single specimen obtained in the West Indies in 1790 and preserved in the British Museum. The relations of the fish are uncertain, and it may not belong to the Tamiosomi. Its nearest relations are, however, apparently with Trackyterus. (StyUphoridct, Swainson, Nat. Hist. Class'n Fishes, II, 47,1839.) loia. STYLEPHORUS, Shaw. stylrpliorut, Shaw, Trans. Linn. Soc. Loin ., 1,1791, 90 (elwrdatui). Characters of the genus included above. (drrAos, a style or projecting part; (opia, to bear.) 2974. 8TYLEPH0RCS CBOBDATVS, Shaw. Head6; depth 5. D. 110; C.6; P. 13; B. 4. Snout produced, subcylindrical; mouth small and toothless; maxillary bones small, short, and hidden behind the intcrmaxillaries; mandible long, extending far behind eye; eyes large, close together, directed forward toward snout; suborbital very large, covering nearly the whole of cheek, and extending backward behind eye; opercles small; gillo...