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CHAPTER XXVII. 



SUBORDER HETEROSOMATA. 



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The Flatfishes. Optic Nerves of Flounders. Ancestry of Flounders. The 

 Flounders: Pleuronectidae. The Turbot Tribe: Bothinae. The Halibut 

 Tribe: Hippoglossinae. The Plaice Tribe: Pleuronectinae. The Soles: 

 Soleidae. The Broad Soles: Achirinae. The European Soles (Soleinae). 

 The Tongue -fishes: Cynoglossinae 481 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



SUBORDER JUGULARES. 



The Jugular-fishes. The Weevers: Trachinidae. The Nototheniidae. The 

 Leptoscopidae. The Star-gazers: Uranoscopidae. The Dragonets: Calli- 

 onymidae. The Dactyloscopidae 499 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE BLENNIES: BLENNIID^. 



The Northern Blennies: Xiphidiinae, Stichaeiniae, etc. The Quillfishes: Ptilich- 

 thyidae. The Blochiidae. The Pataecidae, etc. The Gadopsidae, etc. 

 The Wolf -fishes: Anarhichadidae. The Eel-pouts: Zoarcidae. The Cusk- 

 eels: Ophidiidae. Sand-lances: Ammodytidae. The Pearlfishes: Fieras- 

 feridae. The Brotulidae. Ateleopodidae. Suborder Haplodoci. Suborder 

 Xenopterygii 507 



CHAPTER XXX. 

 OPISTHOMI AND ANACANTHINI. 



Order Opisthomi. Order Anacanthini. The Codfishes: Gadidae. The Hakes: 

 Merlutiidae. The Grenadiers: Macrouridae 532 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

 ORDER PEDICULATI: THE ANGLERS. 



The Angler-fishes. The Fishing-frogs: Lophiidae. The Sea-devils: Ceratiidae. 

 The Frogfishes: Antennariidae. The Batfishes: Ogcocephalidae 542 



