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boat thus illuminated, the net is cast into the water, and laid out 

 so as to surround the assembled fishes; this done, the fire is sud- 

 denly extinguished, and the anchovies alarmed, in seeking to 

 escape, are taken in the net. They are preserved with salt, after 

 removing the head and intestines. 



The family of Clupea3 embraces a great number of other genera, 

 many of which possess remarkable peculiarities, but our JimiU 

 will not permit us to describe them. 



LESSON VIII 



OhDER OP CHIAN M AL AOOPTER Y G I A NS. Family oj 



Gadoides. Cods. Common Cod. Cod Fishery. Whiting. 



Hake. Ling. 

 FAMILY OF PLKURONECTES. Organization. Plaice. Turbnt. 



>We. Family of Discobnli. 

 FAMILY OF ECHENEIS. liemora. 

 ORDER OF APODOUS MALACOPTERYGIANS. Eels. Common Eel 



S-'a Eel. Gymnotus elect ricus. 



ORDER OF LOPHOBRANCHIANS. Organization. Hippocampus. 

 ORDER OF PLECTOGNATHI. Organization. Diodou. Trunk-fislt* 



ORDER OF MALACOPTHRYGII SUBBRACHIATI. 



/. This Order is distinguished from other Malacopterygians 

 by the situation of the ventral fins, which are placed beneath the 

 pectorals, the pelvis being suspended immediately from the bones 

 of the shoulder. 



2. The Subbrachian Malacopterygians constitute four families, 

 namely : Gadoides, Plenronectes-, Discoboli , and Echeneis. 



3. The FAMILY OF GADOIDES is composed of Subbrachian 

 Malacopterygians in which the body is a little compressed, and 

 symmetrical, in which the ventral fins are sharpened to a point, 

 and attached under the throat; they are covered with soft, small 

 scales ; most of them live in cold or temperate seas, and they 

 afford to man an abundance of a good and wholesome food. In. 

 this family are placed the genera of Cod, Whiting, Ling, &c. 



1. What are the characters of the Subbrachian MalacopterygianB ? 



*2 Into what families is tliis order divided ? 



3. What are the general characters of N the fkmily of Gadoides ? 



