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VERTEBRATA: PISCES OR FISHES. 



FIG. 334. 



FIG. 335. 



Striped Bass, Labrax lineatus, Cuvier. 



inches to a foot in length ; and the Bass are of various 

 species, varying from a foot to four feet 

 in length, and abound both in salt and 

 fresh waters. 



And lastly, we may mention the little 

 Star-gazers, whose eyes are so placed 

 that they appear as if constantly gazing star-gazer, 

 at the heavens. 



SUB-SECTION IX. 

 THE ORDEK OF ANACANTHINI OR ANACANTHS. 



THE fishes named Anacanths have their fins without 

 spines, and supported by flexible or jointed rays, and 

 their ventrals are either beneath their pectorals or wholly 

 wanting. 



Of all the Anacanths, none are more important than 

 the Cods or Gadidse, which are distinguished by their 

 three dorsals, two anals, and a barbel at the point of the 

 lower jaw. The Cod attains the weight of a hundred 

 pounds in some instances. The Haddock is a cod-like fish, 

 generally considerably smaller than the American Cod, 

 and readily distinguished from the latter by its jet-black 



