 | Leonard Jenyns - 1835 - 624 pages
...striated, with their free edges slightly scolloped : dorsal short, commencing at about the middle point between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal ; first ray very short, second half the length of the third; this last strong and bony, with sharp... | |
 | Zoological Society of London - 1856 - 494 pages
...between the upper surface of the ventrals and the summit of the back. The first ray of the fin stands midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal ; the ventrals being attached immediately beneath the second soft ray. The fourth stiff ray is as usual... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1876 - 680 pages
...orbit. Interorbital space flat. Prœorbital serrated anteriorly and below. The anterior dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. Silvery, with a metallic luster along the back ; the base of the second dorsal ñn black. Length,... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1876 - 696 pages
...orbit. Interorbital space flat. Praeorbital serrated anteriorly and below. The anterior dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. Silvery, with a metallic luster along the back; the base of the second dorsal fin black. Length,... | |
 | Thomas Hale Streets - 1877 - 176 pages
...orbit. Interorbital space flat. Prasorbital serrated anteriorly and below. The anterior dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. .Silvery, with a metallic luster along the back; the base of the second dorsal fin black. _ Length,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1878 - 1116 pages
...orbit. Interorbital space flat. Pneorbital serrated anteriorly and below. The anterior dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. Silvery, with a metallic luster along the back ; the base of the second dorsal fin black. Length,... | |
 | 1884 - 594 pages
...and tongue, while generally minute ones are present on the palatines. Fins. — The dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin ; the ventral is inserted on a line beneath the centre of the base of the dorsal fin. Scales. —... | |
 | Linnean Society of London - 1884 - 532 pages
...alternate rows, the last 2 single and the most posterior one the largest. Fins — dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal, which latter fin is forked. Scales— 119 rows along the lateral line; 29 from the lateral line to... | |
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The anterior dorsal commences midway between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin. 
