. I pesci del North Carolina . Pesci. 60 pesci del North Carolina. sembra non essere più applicabile, come era stato originariamente dato da Gronow ad un genere di cardinale-pesci fino a poco tempo fa chiamato Apogon. {Amiatus, dalla AMIA, un greco antico nome di pesce.) 29. AMIATUS 0ALVA (Linneeus). "Blaok-fisli" ; "Grindle"; "tigrato-flsh"; cane-pesci; Fango-pesce; bow-fin. Amia calva 'Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. x, 500,1766; Charleston, Carolina del Sud. Cope, 1870&, 492; Neuse River. Giordania, 18896, 127; Neuse River. Smith, 1893a, 190,193, 198; Pasquotank River, Edenton Bay, Stefano

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. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 60 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. appears to be no longer applicable, as it was originally given by Gronow to a genus of cardinal-fishes until recently called Apogon. {Amiatus, from amia, an ancient Greek fish name.) 29. AMIATUS 0ALVA (Linneeus). "Blaok-fisli" ; "Grindle"; "Brindle-flsh"; Dog-fish; Mud-fish; Bow-fin. Amia calva 'Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. x, 500, 1766; Charleston, South Carolina. Cope, 1870&, 492; Neuse River. Jordan, 18896, 127; Neuse River. Smith, 1893a, 190, 193, 198; Pasquotank River, Edenton Bay, Roanoke River. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 113, pi. 22, figs. 51, 51o. Smith, 1900, 134; Lake Mattamuskeet. Diagnosis.—^Body long but robust, the depth about .2 total length; head conical, its length about .25 total length of body; mouth large, jaws nearly equal, upper jaw extending beyond eye; jaws with strong conical teeth, with a band of finer teeth in lower jaw; a small barbel near anterior nostril; scales hard, cycloid, 62 to 70 in lateral series and 18 to 20 in transverse series; dorsal rays 42 to 53; anal rays 10 to 12. Color: dark olive above, greenish reticulations on sides, whitish below; round dark spots on lower jaw; dorsal and caudal fins mottled; in male a round black spot with orange border at base of tail, this spot very faint in female, (calva, bald.). Fig. 14. Mud-fish; Bow-fin. Amiatus calva. The bow-fin is one of the most interesting of American fishes, being the only living representative of an order and family of which various fossil mem- bers have been found. It ranges from the Great Lakes to Virginia, Florida, and -Texas, and is abundant throughout most of its habitat. Sluggish waters are its favorite haunts. It occurs along the entire length of the coastal plain region of North Caro- lina, and is well known to fishermen and others under the local name of "black- fish", "grindle" or "grindal", and "brindle-fish". As

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