IV. 



SPHYRyENA BARRACUDA; ITS MORPHOLOGY, 

 HABITS, AND HISTORY. 



BY E. W. GUDGER, 



Of the State Normal College, Greensboro, North Carolina. 

 Seven plates, five text-figures. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



General Description 55 



Color and Markings 56 



Jaws and Teeth 59 



Manner of Breathing 70 



Internal Organs 70 



Habits 74 



How the Barracuda may be taken . . 77 



Food and Feeding 79 



Parasites. . 80 



PAGE. 



Use of the Barracuda as Food and Poi- 

 soning resulting therefrom 83 



Size 93 



The Barracuda Dangerous to Man . . 94 



Habitat 99 



Fossil Forms 100 



Nomenclature 101 



Drawings or Figures of the Barracuda 104 



Literature Cited . . . . 107 



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