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6. Blennius. Blenny. Head blunt, sloping from the eyes ; 



teelh slender : bodi/ compressed, smooth, slimy ; veti' 

 traljins generally composed of two united rays ; dorsal 

 Jin one ; gUl'membrane six rayed. 



7. Kurtus. Body carlnated on ieach side ; back elevated ; 



gill-membrane two rayed. 



ORDER III, 



l^noRxcici.-^THORACIC. 



•ILLS bony; ventral fins placed beneath the 



PECTORAL. 



Most of the fishes of this order are useable as food, their in- 

 crease is great, but not nearly so much so as some of the kinds 

 in the preceding Order; the majority of them are oceanic. 

 but some few are found in rivers and other fresh waters. 



1. Cepola. Band-Fish, //earf short, roundish, compressed : 



teeth curved, sharp, placed in a single row ; bodij verv 

 long and compressed ; abdomen extremely short ; gill- 

 membrane six rayed. 



2. Gymnetrus. J^of/y very long, compressed ; teeth numer- 



ous, subulate ; gill-membrane four or five rayed ; anal 

 Jin wanting. 



3. Vandelius. Vandel. Body long, sword-shaped; gill- 



membrane five or six rayed ; teeth subulate, the front 

 taeth longest. 



