Gold-eye, or MOON-EYE (Hyodon tergisus), a peculiar fish, abundant in the western rivers and lakes of North America. It has many technically interesting peculiarities of structure, and forms a family by itself in the Physostomi order of bony fishes. It measures about a foot in length.
Gold-eye
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 285
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