CATALOGUE 



OF 



FISHES. 



Subclass I. TELEOSTEI. 



Fishes with ossified skeleton and completely separated 



ertebrae ; the posterior extremity of thp vertebral column 



either bony, or covered w^ith bony plates. Bulb of the 



aorta simple, with two opposite valves* at the origin; 



branchise free. 



Order I. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



Part of the rays of the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins 

 not articulated, forming spines. The inferior pharyngeal 

 bones separated. Air-bladder, if present, without pneu- 

 matic duct. 



C£r. MiiUer, in Eeri. Abhandl. 1844, p. 199. 



Fam. 1. GASTEROSTEIDiE. 



Form of body elongated, compressed ; eyes lateral ; cleft of mouth 

 extending on the sides of the muzzle, oblique; villiform teeth in 

 both the jaws and on the pharyngo-branchials, none on the palate 

 or on the tongue. Three branchiostegals. Opercular bones not 

 armed ; infraorbital arch articulated with prseoperculum ; parts of 



