Identifier: fishes00jord Title: Fishes Year: 1907 (1900s) Authors: Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 Subjects: Fishes Publisher: New York, H. Holt and Company Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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Text Appearing Before Image: iHE Cardinal-fishes. Apogonidae.—The Apogonida or car-dinal-fishes are percli-Hke fishes, mostly of small size,with two distinct short dorsal fins. They are found inthe warm seas, and many of them enter rivers, some even in-habiting hot springs, ilany of the shore species are bright redin color, usually with black stripes, bands, or spots. Still others,however, are olive or silvery, and a few in deeper water areviolet-black. The species of Apogon are especially numerous, and inregions where they are abundant, as in Japan, they are much

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 421.—Cardinal-fish, Apogon retroselta Gill. Mazatlan. valued as food. Apogon miberbis, the king of the mullet, is a common red species of southern Europe. Apogon maculatiis is fotmd in the West Indies. Apogon retrosella is the pretty cardenal of the west coast of Mexico. Apogon lineatus, 531 532 The Bass and their Relatives semilineatus and other species abound in Japan, and many-species occur about the islands of Polynesia. Epigontts tele-scopium is a deep-sea fish of the Mediterranean and Telescopiasand Synagrops are genera of the depths of the Pacific. Pa-ramia with strong canines is allied to Apogon, and similar in colorand habit. Allied to Apogon are several small groups often taken asdistinct families. The species of Ambassis {Ambassida) arelittle fishes of the rivers and bays of India and Polynesia,resembling small silvery perch or bass. All these have threeanal spines instead of two as in Apogon. Some of these enterrivers and several are recorded from hot springs. Scomb

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