Lesson VIII.] 



NA'ITilAL HISTORY. 



100. T. Why are fishes called Oviparous 

 nun 



p. Because the species are reproduced 

 from eps. and the term signifies those 

 born from eggs. 



101. T. Where can you procure these 



'. From the roe, which is a mass of 



102. T. Do any fishes bring forth their 

 young air 



P. Yes; but the description of them is 

 more suited to a Zoological catcchis-m than 



103. T. What is the first order of Bony 

 Fishi-s called ? 



P. AcANTHOPTERYOti.orspiny-finned. 



T. What is there peculiar in the 

 order. 



/'.They have spinous rays in the first 

 dorsal, if more than one, and spinou- 



in tti- tirvt |.T! n 'h'Tc is only one. The 

 anal fin has a! rays spinous, and 



each ventral fin has generally one such ray. 



T. What do you mean by the ray 

 of a 



P. 1 -he rib : and when we say 



that is, nearest to the head 

 of th 



7*. What do you mean by the rays 

 bein j 



bone, 



whether stiff '<> 1>< 



;.il 1) ones or 

 ihe ray is said to 

 orfi 



T. Knumeratr the families of the 

 lies. 



/' ,.ly : 2. tl 



Bar 



the Lsiv 



in the pl> . 



ti to the pec- 



tor;.!' tins ; ] f Ihf '' 

 and l. r >, :! 



in the second order of 

 Bony Fishes called I 



/'. MALACOPTERYGII 



;t lins under 

 the abdomen. 



100 T. How many families are they 

 into ? 



P. Five. 1, the Car Pikes; 



3, the Sheat-fishes , 4. 'ho Salmon or 

 Trout family : and 5. the Herrings. 



1 10. T. What is the third orderof Bony 



/'. Ihe MALA ton, 

 rill ATI. or sot'.- r;i> i-il t. 

 the ventral tins under th.> ];ee'o.-als. and 

 the pelvis suspended to the shoulder bones. 



111. T. What do you mean by the term 



P. Jointed- fins. 



112. T. What families arc contained 

 in the third order ? 



P. I, the Cod family: 2 the Flat- 

 fish ; .v ventral fins 



formed into a su<v. 



113. T The third family of the third 

 order of Uoi.\ : ; give 



; le of the !'> 



/'. i tick ing. fish, 



which att.iches il^cll to th 



1 I 4. 7'. Why AP- i ovided 



P. 1 

 to rock-* and oil < 



I 1-1. '/'. - V- 



/'." i ifOIf APOI 



eel tr.l union 



ll-i. / i' e examples of this 



/'!>, 



-iicna, anil the ^minxus. c 







117. j-. WIni is thenaiw nl i: 

 order > >es T 



/ l...i-iior.u\N mi. >r 



.Its Ml Mil":* 



r. What peculiarities arc oi 

 in thi 

 P. 'I 



