CUVIERS ORDERS. 



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Acanthopterygians, or Spine-firmed Fishes, as Perch, 

 Breams, Bass, Mackerel, and the like ; 



Fig. 176. 



Perch. 



Bream. 



Fig. 177. 



Bass. 



Abdominal Malacopterygians, or Soft-finned Fishes 

 with the ventrals behind the pectorals, as Salmon, Pike 

 and Pickerel, Trout, Carp, Herring, and their allies ; 



Fig. 178. 



Fig. 179. 



Pickerel. 



Trout. 



Fig. 1 80. 



Salmon. 



Sub-brachian Malacopterygians, or Soft-finned Fishes 



