INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASS OF FISHES 



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THE ORDERS OF LIVING FISHES 



ORDERS OMITTED. TYPES CHIEFLY NORTH AMERICAN 



SUBCLASSES 



• Common Halibut . . 274 



BONY FISHES: 



Continued. 



GANOIDS: 



Armored Fishes 

 and their allies 



ORDERS AND CHABACTERS TYPES AND EXAMPLES PAGE 



Flat-Fishes Het-e-ro-so'ma-ta 



Without bilateral symmetry. Both eyes 

 on one side. Flat, oval. Swim in hori- 

 zontal plane. 



Foot-Fishes •. . Pe-dic-u-la'ti . . . . ) 



Mouth enormous; body broad, flattened, > Angler 277 



bag-like. Pectoral fins long at base. J 



Eels Ap'o-des 1 



Body long, slender, snake-like. No ven- ) Electric Eel 283 



tral fins, no scales. J 



PlPE-FlSHES AND SEA-HORSES, 1 



Lo-pho-bran'chi „ -,-, r, 



_.„ . . 11111 i I "IPE-JMSH AND SEA- 



Gills tufted; mouth tubular; body covered ? „ , ^qr 



with scale armor. Very unlike true i 

 fishes. J 



The Dogfish Hal-e-co-mor'phi 1 



Air bladder cellular, acting as rudimentary > Dogfish or Bowfin 290 

 lung. Helmet-headed. J 



Gar-Fishes Ging-ly-mo'di — ) 



Ancient forms, covered with formidable 



Gar Pike 294 



Alligator Gar .... 295 



bony armor. J 



Sturgeons Glan-i-os'to-mi... \ 



Body with rows of large, bony plates. } Lake Sturgeon . . . 298 

 Mouth with barbels. J 



Paddle-Fish Sel-a-chos'to-mi. . 1 



Scaleless, shark-like. Broad, bony pad- \ Paddle-Fish 303 



die projecting from nose. J 



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CHIMERAS: 



CARTILAGI- 

 NOUS FISHES: I 

 With soft skeletons. 

 Lowest Fishes. 



Chimeras Chi-mae-roi'de-i. 



Odd, shark-like forms. 



Sharks Squa'li 



Scales minute; skeleton cartilaginous. 

 Many species bring forth their young 

 alive. 



Rays and Skates Ra'i-ae 



Excessively flattened, but otherwise 

 shark-like. Many species with long 

 whip-like tails. 



> Chimera collei 306 



Mackerel Shark.. 313 

 Hammer-Head 313 



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Shark-Ray 314 



} Sting Ray 317 



Devil-Fish 318 



