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Succeeding them are the Buckers (family 

 which Catostomu8 teres is an example. 



The blind fish of the Mammoth and other cavi i of 



adjoining wells connecting with subterranean streams, are 

 remarkable for the rudimentary of the eyes, and • 



sequent loss of color. There are but two -. the n 



common and larger being Amblyoi 



is viviparous. Representing the family Umbr t he 



mud-minnow (Mekmura limi, 



The flying-fish r< t another family. Their pectoral 



fins are very broad and large. They dart from tip- v. 

 with great speed, without reference to the course of the wind 

 and waves. They are said to make slight living motion: 



Fio. W.—Mu.l Minnow. 



with their pectoral and ventral fins, very rapid vibrations 

 being seen in the outstretched pectoral tins. They asually 

 fly further against the wind than with it, or if their track 

 and the direction of the wind form an angle. Most flying- 

 fish which fly against or with the wind continue in then- 

 whole course of flight in the same direction in which they 

 come out of the water. If in strong winds they \\v against 

 the course of the waves, then they fly a little higher: some- 

 times they eul with the tail into the cr 

 Only Buoh flying-fish rise to a considerable height (at the 

 highest, by chance, i^.\o metres above the surface of the 

 sea) whoso course in the air becomi - structed by a 

 In the daytime flying-fish seldom fall on the deck of the 

 ship, but mostly in the night; never in a calm, hut only 

 when the wind blows. 



