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Title: Aquatic life
Identifier: aquaticlife419181919baus (find matches)
Year: 1918-1919 (1910s)
Authors: Bausman, Joseph E
Subjects: Aquariums; Fish culture
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. E. Bausman
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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A BIG-HEADED GURNARD HENRY W. FOWLER The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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Big-Headed Gurnard Photograph by S. A. Scrimshaw The accompanying photograph, evi- dently that of the big-headed gurnard (Prionotus tribulus), represents a species very abundant in the Gulf of Mexico, and occasionally found northward on our Atlantic coast to Long Island. I have never met with it in the northern part of its range or seen it among the multi- tudes of gurnards or sea-robins examined along the New Jersey, Delaware, Mary- land and Virginia coasts. On these shores, however, we have a very corn- man allied gurnard or sea-robin, in the long-finned species, Prionotus strigatiis. The chief distinction, and it appears clear- ly in the photograph, is the presence of a small thorn or spine at the centre of radiating lines, or striae, on the cheek bone directly below the front of the eye. Both fishes are beautifully colored when alive, and the waved dark lines on the large pectoral fins give most pleasing effects. The subject of the photograph was caught by Mr. S. A. Scrimshaw, at Pen- sacola, Florida, and was about a foot in length. It is described as vicious and tenacious of life, living five hours after removal from the water. The water in which it was caught was 22 feet deep.

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