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BRANCH VERTEBRATA. 



ORDER LOPHOBRANCH1I (lof o brang'ki.l). 



The Pipe-fish has the jaws tube-like. The male has 

 a kind of pouch, in which he places the egg for hatch- 



Syngna'thus peckia'nus. Pipe-fish. (I.) 



ing, and thither the young flee for safety. It is a poor 

 swimmer, moving slowly by means of the rapid action 

 of the dorsal fin. It feeds upon minute insects and 

 shell-fish, thrusting its long snout into crevices. 



ORDER GYMNODONTES (jim no don'tez). 



Some of the .varieties of this order have the skin 

 armed with erectile spines. Each jaw possesses only a 

 single tooth. 



FIG. 179. 



Cirrhos'omus tur' g\ dm. Swell-fish. 



The Swell-fish, by rapid inspirations of air, when drawn 

 out of the water, or by taking in water if within it, can 

 swell its body to enormous proportions. 





