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YERTEBRATA: PISCES OR FISHES. 

 FIG. 319. 



Eel-pout, Zoarces, anguillaris, Storer. 



Some kinds, as the Eel-pouts and Wolf-fishes, are much 

 elongated; the latter are remarkable for their formidable 

 array of teeth. 



More remarkable than any of the spine-filmed fishes yet 

 named, are the Sword-fishes, which inhabit the Atlantic 



Fro 320. 



Sword-fish, Xiphtos gladius, Linn. 



and Mediterranean, and which attain a length of ten or 

 fifteen feet, and which have their upper jaw prolonged 

 into a very long sword-like beak. 



Many of the Spine- Flc; - 32] - 



finned fishes are re- 

 markable for their 

 trim and neat ap- 

 pearance. Such are 

 the Mackerel, Pilot- 

 fish, Blue-fishes, etc. 

 The Pilot-fishes have 

 become celebrated 

 from their habit of 

 keeping near ships 



Mackerel, Scomber rernalis, Mitchell. 

 FIG. 322. 



Pilot-fish, Naiicrales noveboracensig, C. & Val. 



