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VERTEBRATA: PISCES OR FISHES. 



FlG - 326 - 



Scup or Porgee, Pagrm argyrops. 



The Porgees and Sheepsheads 

 or Sparidre, of the Atlantic, are 

 well-known spine-finned fishes, 

 the latter of which have their 

 front teeth, much resembling 

 those of man. ! 



COllie the ClirioilS and 



interesting Scisenoids, known 

 under the familiar names of Weak-fishes, Sheepsheads of 

 our Northern and Western lakes, Umbrinas, Pogonias, etc. 



Weak-fish, Otolithus regalis, Cuv. & Val. 



The Umbrinas are three to five feet long, and are common 

 in the Mediterranean, where they swim in schools, and 

 are said at times to utter a low bellowing sound ! The 



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Pogonias or Drums of the Pacific and Atlantic are large 

 spine-finned fishes, attaining, in some cases, a weight of 

 a hundred pounds ; and they are called Drums because 

 of the loud drumming sounds which they produce ; but 

 the way in which they make these sounds is not positively 

 known. 



FIG - 328 - The Sea-Ravens, bet- 



ter known as Sculpins, 

 and the common Scul- 

 pins or Cottidre, are addi- 

 tional examples of spine- 

 finned fishes familiar to 



Greenland Sculpin, Cottus grosnlandicus. HIT ^.i 



cuv. & vai. all who live on the sea- 



