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BLIND-FISHES? What is the 17th FAMILY? How ntrfeeei-fc&re tfiey ? Are 

 they found in Tropical waters ? What is said of their teeth ? Where is 

 the sp. Cyprinus carpio particularly abundant? Who first introduced it 

 into American waters? What is said of the Gold-fish, the Gudgeon, and 

 the Slimy Tench? What fish furnishes the silvery matter for artificial 

 pearls ? Name other fishes of this family. What remarkable sp. are found 

 in Austria and Brazil ? How are the PIILES characterized ? What does 

 Lacepede call them ? What is the only European sp. and what is said of 

 it ? Are the American sp. numerous ? How are they divided ? What sp. 

 are mentioned ? What is said of the BILL-FISH ? What of the FLYING-FISH 

 or Exoccetus? What family includes the Pipe and Trumpet fishes? What 

 is said of them ? Which is the 20th Family ? How are they character- 

 ized ? How regarded by anglers ? What is said of their color ? Which 

 is the most conspicuous sp. ? What is said of the BROOK TROUT ? What 

 of their numbers in former times? What is the 21st FAMILY? How are 

 they esteemed? What is said of their abundance? What of the HER- 

 RING fishery ? How are the Red or Smoked Herring prepared ? For what 

 are the H. used besides food? What is said of SARDINES? What of 

 SHAD, &c. ? 



How are the SUB-BRACHIALS distinguished? Which is the 22nd FAMILY? 

 Which is the best known sp. ? Which is common on the U. S. coast ? 

 What is said of it ? What other sp. are mentioned ? Which is the next 

 FAMILY? In what respect do they stand alone among vertebrates? 

 Describe them. How does DeKay designate the FLAT-FISH? How the 

 FLOUNDER? What sp. of Turbot are mentioned? What is said of the 

 HALIBUT? What is the 24th FAMILY? How are they characterized? 

 Why called SUCKERS ? What genera represent them ? What is said of 

 the Lump-sucker? What does Pennant state? What is the next Family ? 

 What gen. represents it? To what does the name refer? What sp. are 

 mentioned? What is said of them? What is the next SUB-ORDER? Name 

 the 26th Family ? How are they characterized ? What is said of the num- 

 ber of fin rays ? Which sp. are the larger ? What does Yarrell say ? 

 What enables these fish to remain out of water ? What is said of their 

 eggs ? Repeat what is said of the Electric Eel ? What is the next SUB- 

 ORDER ? How is it characterized ? What is the 27th FAMILY ? Give their 

 general characters ? What is remarkable in the male PIPE-FISH? What 

 in the SEA-HORSE ? What is the next SUB-ORDER? How distinguished? 

 What is the 28th FAMILY? Have they real teeth? What have they instead? 

 What is said of the SEA PORCUPINE? What ofthe Puffer, or Balloon-fish? 

 What of the small Globe-fish? What other Globe-fishes are named? What 

 is said of the Sun-fish? Mention the next Family? What is said of it? 

 What is said of the Trunk-fishes? How are the GANOIDS characterized? 

 What is the 31st Family? What is said of the Polypterus of the Nile? 

 What other sp. of this family are mentioned ? 



What is said of the PLACOIDS or CARTILAGINOUS FISHES ? Name the 1st 

 ORDER? How is it characterized? What is the 32d Family? What is 

 said of it? What is the next Family? What is said of their covering? 

 What of their mouth and body? Of their size? In what respect is the 

 roe remarkable ? What valued food does it furnish ? How is it prepared ? 



