Male and female dace during the spawning act. On the male, which is the fish with the body curved, are shown above the eye and in line with the nostril, four spine-like pearl organs and below them two smaller spines. Small organs are seen on the operculum and dorsal surface of the pectoral fin and on the caudal edges of the scales on the tail
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| Category | Fish
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| Caption | Male and female dace during the spawning act. On the male, which is the fish with the body curved, are shown above the eye and in line with the nostril, four spine-like pearl organs and below them two smaller spines. Small organs are seen on the operculum and dorsal surface of the pectoral fin and on the caudal edges of the scales on the tail
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| Image Date | 1910.00 |
| Subject | Semotilus atromaculatus--Spawning
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| Image Source Author | Reighard, Jacob |
| Image Source Title | Methods of Studying the Habits of Fishes, with an Account of the Breeding Habits of the Horned Dace |
| Pub. Info. | Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1910 |
| Image Source Series | Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 28, 1908, Part 2 |
| Page No./Plate No. | Fig.5 |
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