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Title: Synopsis of the fishes of North America (microform)
Identifier: cihm_24793 (find matches)
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931; Gilbert, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1859-1928
Subjects: Fishes; Poissons
Publisher: Washington : G. P. O.
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immingm 69. AMMODYTID^—AROYROT.fiNIA. Iletul t'J; depth about 10. D. GO; A. 2S. Newfouudliind to Capo Ilat- teras Jibiuuhint. Scarcely diirereiit from vl. tofttauMS o'EJiirjpe. (DcKiiy, Now York Fuunii, Fish. lH4si, 317; Giiutbor, iv, 3c>C; Storor Hist. Fitb. llas».) $33. A. pcrsonatas Gril.—Sand Launce. Clear hyaline green; sides silverj'. Pectoral fin half lenj:fth of head, reachiiif? past the front of the dorsal. Lateral folds 130-150. UeJid 4^; depth 0. Kyo 2 in snout, (i in hea<l. D. 54; A. 24. L. G inches. Monterey to Alaska, very abundant; probably also a variety of A. Uhianus. /^,v - ,y^^^-^f57 631. A. ainscanus Cope. Dorsal inserted above middle of pectoral. Maxillary reaching front of orbit. Mandible less than depth of body. Head 4^; depth 0. Eye 2 in snout, G in head. Lateral folds 182. D. 02; A. 31. L. 6 inches. Sitka, Alaska. (Cope.) (Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1873. Probably also a forra of-4. toUanus.) 635. A. dub^us Reiub. 8kiu with about 150 very distinct folds. Dorsal fin inserted over posterior third of pectoral. Ilead G; deiith equalling length of mandi- ble, 2^ in length of head. D. 05; A. 34. Cape Cod to Greenland. , (Oiinther.) (Keinhurdt, Dausk. Vidcnsk. Selsk. Afbandl. 1838, 132; GUntber, iv, 387.) 305.—ARGYRClTiENIA Gill. (Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. Amor. 18G1, 40 (not characterized): type Amnodytes vittatm DeKay.) This genus is supposed to differ from Ammodytes in the presence of a ^ rudimentary spinous dorsal, composed of about 7 minute free spines. (a/jj-yp?, silver; ratwj'a, ribbon.) ' , 656. A. vUtata (DeKay) Gill. Greenish olive above, with a broad silvery band along the sides, w hich is margined above with blackish; silvery below. Body oblong, some- what compressed, slender. Head small and pointed, flattened and grooved above, compressed beneath. Eyes large. Snout terminating in a bifid tip. Mouth rather large, protractile, toothless. Lower jaw longest. D. VII, 54; A. 28. Sag Harbor, New York. (DeKay.) It has not been seen since its description by DeKay, and its existence is extremely doubtful. (Ammodytes vittatus DcKay, Now York Fauna, Fiab. 1842, 3!8.)
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