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English: Title: California fish and game

Identifier: californiafishga51_4cali Year: (s) Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons Publisher: [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing Before Image: 238 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME

Text Appearing After Image: FIGURE 3 MYRIPRISTIS CLARIONENSIS GILBERT SYNONOMY tfyripristis claHonensis Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 1!>. 1897, p. 441-2; Jordan and Evermann, U.S. Nat. Mus., Bull. 47, vol. 3, 1898, p. 2842; Jordan and McGregor, Rep. U.S. Fish Comm. 1898 (1899), p. 275; Schultz, U.S. Nat. Mus., Bull. ISO, 1943, p. 64; Kicker, Mus. Cont. 4, Institute of Fisheries, Univ. British Columbia, 1959, p. 2; Frizzell and Lamber, Univ. Missouri School Mines & Metal., Bull. KM), 1961, p. 8; Quast, Proe. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser. vol. 31, no. 21, 196H, p. 566 & 579. MATERIAL EXAMINED: USXM 47746(1 I (holotype, M. clarionensis Gilbert) Clarion Island—BC 59-254[13], BC 59-251[13], BC 58-383[15]. Socorro Island—BC 57-156[9], BC 61-184[14], BC 61-181[12], BC 61-189T14], SIO 58-142-31A[2], SU 5910[1]. San Benidicto Island—SU 5921[2]. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS: May be distinguished from all other species of Myripristis in the eastern Pacific by the 3^ rows of ^'•;iles above the lateral line (all others have 2-J). DESCRIPTION: Dorsal X-I, 13-15 (usually 14); anal IV, 11-12 (usually 12) ; pored scales in lateral line 40-47 (usually 43) ; gill rakers 9_10 -|- 20-22 (usually 10 + 22), total gill rakers 30-34; scale rows between lateral line and spinous dorsal 3£; head in standard length 2.90-3.50; greatest dcplli in length 2.50-3.41; interorbital in head 1.01-5.12; orbit in head 2.10-2.(51 ; postorbital in head 2.20-2.40; snout in head 5.78-7.20. Pectoral axil Lacking scales on inner face, black pig- ment very light, not forming a definite spot. Third anal spine shorter than fourth. Frontals with lateral surfaces concave (from dorsal view), not forming a distinct shelf over the antro-dorsal portion of the eye. Four simple, longitudinal frontal ridges, separated by large mucus cavities. Enlarged s\ mphvsial teeth of lower jaw, when present, sep- arated by a distance of one tooth patch diameter or more. Symphysial teeth do not fit into a deep notch in the upper jaw.

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