202 coxTinr.uTioxs TO XOIITII AMKKICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



Small fishes of the North Pacific, remarkable for their extreme oiliuess. 

 When dried they burn like a candle. (i)<u.-.>.a, rich; i'/J'uz, fish.) 



177. T. |>:u-iifiriis iK'irh.) (int. I'.nhn-hon; Candb-Jlli. 



< 'olor white, scarcely silvery; upper regions rendered dark iron-gray 

 by the aeciiniulat ion of dark punctulations. Body rat her elongate, 

 si.-ndcr. and less compressed than in OmnrniH. Jlead long, blunter 

 than in /////^///r.s'.v.v />r<//<>xi<x, less compressed, broader, and more eon- 

 vex above, .Mouth large, the maxillary rather narrow and long, reach- 

 ing beyond the middle of the rather small eye; lower jaw projecting. 

 Operde willi strong concentric stria*. (Jill-rakers numerous, rather 

 long and slender. \Yntrals large, inserted just in front of dorsal. 

 Pseudobranchia- small. Head -}': depth (. P>. 8; I). 11; A. 21; P. 11. 

 I .at. 1. 7."); pyloHc co-ca 11; vertebra? 70. L. 1U inches. Oregon to 

 Alaska, ascending the rivers in enormous numbers in the spring. Au 

 I'llent pan-fish, unsiupassed in delicacy of llesh. 



(Sal/no (M/illutiiH !) itiK'ijli-nn I.'ichnnNoii, F;inna lior.-AiiHT. iii, 22G: Thaleichthyt 

 *i (Jirunl, I'. S 1'ac. 1>. li. Surv. I'ish. :i'J."; (uiiitlicr, vi, 1C>~.) 



112. OS3IEKUS 



Smelts. 



(Artcdi ; LinnjL-iis. Sy.st. Xat. : lypi- Salmo eperlanus "L.) 



Body elongate, compressed. Head long, pointed. Mouth wide, the 

 slender maxillary extending to past the middle of the eye; lower jaw 

 projeeling. I'reorbital and suborbital bones narrow. .Alaxillaries and 

 premaxillai'ii-s with line teeth; lower jaw with small teeth, which are, 

 larger posteriorly; tongue with a few strong, fang like teelh, largest 

 at the lip; hyoid bone, vomer, palatines, and pterygoids \\ ii li wide set 

 teeth. < Jill-rakers long and slender. Ilranchiostegals S. Scales large, 

 Ioir, li()-7() in the course of the lateral line. ])orsal small, about mid- 

 way of the body, over the ventrals; anal rather long. N'ertebia- about 

 <iO. I'ylorie e<eca small, lew. Small fishes of the coasts <. I F.urope and. 

 .Noi-lhern Ami'riea, sometimes ascending rivers. They are considerably 

 valued as food. ('"-."',/"':, otlorous; the name is eijiiix alcnt to the Eng- 

 lish "smelt".) 



n V:-A<": \\illi :i ci'c i < s of siniill In ! li : s|irric>s s]i:i wiiin^ in tin- soa. 

 1"H. O. tSi:aIoiflil9iy.s Avrrs. 



Olivaceous, sides silvery an<l somewhat translucent. ]iody compara- 

 tively deep and compressed. Head rather short and deep, the ma.xil- 



