The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 2H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley H. Bigelow, Esq., editor and proprietor, 1817 - American literature |
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Page 120
... fins , except the sides of the head the breast and anal fins which are of a gilt yellow , lateral line beginning before the gill , and a little ascending , pectoral fins obo- val , dorsal fin beginning near the anal fin , tail very ...
... fins , except the sides of the head the breast and anal fins which are of a gilt yellow , lateral line beginning before the gill , and a little ascending , pectoral fins obo- val , dorsal fin beginning near the anal fin , tail very ...
Page 121
... fin ; all the fins olivaceous tipped with brown , tail fork- ed , the dorsal fin nearer the tail , with nine rays , the anal falcated with fourteen rays Obs . Length from three to six inches , com- mon in Lake - George , Saratoga - lake ...
... fin ; all the fins olivaceous tipped with brown , tail fork- ed , the dorsal fin nearer the tail , with nine rays , the anal falcated with fourteen rays Obs . Length from three to six inches , com- mon in Lake - George , Saratoga - lake ...
Page 203
... anal fin , backward vent , & c , from the genus Uranoscopus by the spinescent gill- cover , which is not ciliated , characters of the vent and anal fin ; from Corystion by two dorsal fins , the anal fin , & c . From Phycis by the gill ...
... anal fin , backward vent , & c , from the genus Uranoscopus by the spinescent gill- cover , which is not ciliated , characters of the vent and anal fin ; from Corystion by two dorsal fins , the anal fin , & c . From Phycis by the gill ...
Page 204
... anal fin with three similar stripes ; tail oval obtuse yellow , with three vertical brown stripes , jugular fins ... fin has three thick hard rays , the first of which is the shortest , and the second the longest ; the second dorsal fin ...
... anal fin with three similar stripes ; tail oval obtuse yellow , with three vertical brown stripes , jugular fins ... fin has three thick hard rays , the first of which is the shortest , and the second the longest ; the second dorsal fin ...
Page 205
... fin with eleven rays , whereof the first is spinescent , anal fin with twelve rays , whereof three spiny , second ray of the thoracic fin mucro- nate elongated , a flesh coloured spot at the base of the pectoral fins , tail forked ...
... fin with eleven rays , whereof the first is spinescent , anal fin with twelve rays , whereof three spiny , second ray of the thoracic fin mucro- nate elongated , a flesh coloured spot at the base of the pectoral fins , tail forked ...
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