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 View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Fig. 551.—Astrolytes notospilotus (Girard). Puget Sound. are characteristic of the North Pacific, in which they drop toa considerable depth. Iceliis, Triglops, and Artedielliis arefound also in the North Atlantic, the Arctic fauna of which isderived almost entirely from Pacific sources. The genus Hemi-lepidotus contains coarse species, with bands of scales. TheIrish lord, Hemilepidotus jordani, a familiar and fantastic 654 Pareioplitaj, or Mailed-cheek Fishes inhabitant of Bering Sea, is much valued by the Aleuts as afood-fish, although the flesh is rather tough and without much Text Appearing After Image: ' Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.