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pectoral fins are situated. The narrow ventral fins are situated in the 

 center of the lower surface of the body, and the transverse mouth is 

 also on the lower surface of the body beneath the base of the long snout. 

 This weird creature has a southern range and is of accidental occurrence 

 here in summer, its occasional capture generally giving rise to newspaper 

 articles on an unknown fish provided with legs instead of fins. 



Thus ends the "Review of Local Fishes." Those interested in 

 pursuing the subject of ichthyology farther will find Doctor Jordan's 

 "Guide to the Study of Fishes" full of interest and information. 

 Doctor Goode's "American Fishes" tells much of the habits, history 

 and modes of capture of many species, while "American Food and Game 

 Fishes," by Jordan and Evermann, is a more recent work on the same 

 general lines, but somewhat more technical and treating of many more 

 species. 



