36 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Blexny — Mucus fish ; from Blennius, mucus. 



Branchii — The gills or breathing organs of fishes, {see gills.) 



BKANCHiiE — Same as Branchii. 



Branchiostegal — Pertaining to the gill covering, or bony part of 



the gills, {see gills.) 

 Branchiostegods — Having gill covers ; from branchia, gills, and 



stegos, covering. The Branchiostegi were an order of fishes in 



Artedi's system, the rays of whose fins were bony but whose 



gill covers are destitute of bony rays. 



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Carinated — Keeled ; having appendages in form like a keel. 

 Carpus — The small bones of the wrist. In Ichthyology, the joint 



bones of the pectoral fins. 

 Carpal — Pertaining to the carpus, or bones of the pectoral fins in 



fishes. 

 Cartilaginous fishes — Fishes whose spinal column or vertebrae are 



made up of cartilage. 

 Caudal — Pertaining to the tail. The caudal fin is the tail fin of a 



fish, {see fins,) from the Latin cauda, a tail. 

 Centronotus — Thorny back ; from kentros, a thorn, and notos, 



back. 

 Centropomus — Thorny gill, having thorns or spines on the gill 



covering or opercle ; from kentron, thorn, and poma, an oper- 



cle. 

 Ch^todon — A beard or bristle ; from kaitee, a bristle. 

 Chondropterygii — Fish having cartilaginous fins ; from chondros, 



cartilage, and pterygion, a fin. 

 Cirri — Filaments, or beard-like appendages. 

 CoECUM — The commencement of the large intestine ; sometimes the 



large intestine. It is also applied to the vermiform or worm-like 



appendages to the intestines, as in birds and fishes. 

 Corpus papill/e — The villous surface of the skin. 

 Crenated — Notched or cut into circular or curved shaped notches. 

 Crescentic — In form like a new moon ; also growing or increasing. 

 Ctenoid — Comb formed ; from k!eis, a comb, and eidos, form. 



Ctenoidians formed the third order of Agassiz classification of 



fishes, containing those having jagged or comb-edged unenam- 



elled scales. 



