APODA. 



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Order III. MALA COPTER YGIL 



Jaws free ; gills arranged in comb-like fringes ; 

 gill-cover large ; gill-orifice usually large ; fin-rays 

 flexible, jointed, and branched, with the occasional 

 exception of the first two or three rays in the 

 dorsal or pectorals. 



Ventrals wanting .... 

 Ventrals under the pectorals 

 Ventrals behind the pectorals 



Apoda. 



Sub-bracJiiati. 



Abdominales. 



244 



245 



Tribe I. Apoda. 



Ventrals wanting ; form snake-like. 



Artimodytes (Linn.). Laiince. Gill-orifices large ; 

 dorsal nearly the whole length ; anal nearly half 

 as long ; caudal distinct and separate. 



A. Tobianus. 



lancea. Fig. 245 ; ^n.s. 



m2 



