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VERTEBRATES : FISHES. 



The Genus Caranx has a lateral line more or less mailed 

 with scaly plates, carinated, and frequently spinous. It 

 contains the Yellow Mackerel, C. chrysos, Cuv., which is 

 from six to eight inches long, and found on the Atlantic 

 coast of the United States. 



The Genus Corner has the body deep, much compressed, 

 and the profile nearly vertical. The Blunt-nosed Shiner, 

 Fig. 206. V. Brownii, Cuv. & Val, of the tropics, 



and northward to New York, is about 

 eight inches long ; color lustrous silvery. 

 The Genus Coryphcena contains the 

 Dolphins, which are large, and beautiful 



Blunt-Nosed Shiner, V. r i 



Brownii, Cuv. & Vai. m their colors, and celebrated for the 

 war which they wage against the flying-fishes, and for 



Fig. 207. 



Dolphin, C. doradon, Cuv. & Val. 



the brilliant hues which they exhibit when dying. They 

 inhabit the Atlantic and Mediterranean. 



TEUTHID^;, OR LANCET-FISH FAMILY. --This Family 

 comprises spine-rayed herbivorous fishes which inhabit 

 Fig. 208. the warm seas. About a hun- 



dred species have been de- 

 scribed. 



The Genus Acant/nmis con- 

 tains the Surgeon, A. phle- 

 botomns, Bloch, from six to 



Surgeon, A . phlebotonms, Bloch. ten mcllCS long, which has E 



movable spine at the base of the tail. 



LABYRINTHICI, OR CLIMBING PERCH FAMILY. This 



