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INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASS OF FISHES 



A PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT OF 



BASED CHIEFLY UPON VISIBLE CHARACTERS; DEEP-SEA 



SUBCLASSES 



ORDERS AND CHARACTERS 



TYPES AND EXAMPLES 



LUNG FISHES: f LUNG-FISHES Si-ren-oi'de-i . . . , FisH A LuNG ' 



Nearest to the ^ Fishes with partial lungs, rudimentary g ou ^ ^ME i AN 



Amphibia. legs, and molar teeth. MUDFISH * 176 



BASS 177 



SUNFISH 184 



PERCH 190 



BLUEFISH 193 



SPINY-FINNED FISHES Ac-an-thop'te-ri. MACKEREL 195 



Typical fishes, with perfect gills, fins, < TUNA 197 



scales and bony fin-rays. MULLET 203 



RED SNAPPER 206 



DOLPHIN 208 



SWORDFISH 209 



\ REMORA 212 



PIKES Ha-plo'mi f PIKE 215 



Head flattened and scaly. Only one dor- < MUSKALLUNGE 215 



sal fin, far back. { PICKEREL 216 



HERRING 218 



MENHADEN 218 



TROUT AND SALMON I-so-spon'dy-li. . . TROUT 220 



Differential characters relate wholly to < SALMON 228 



BONY FISHES: bony anatomy TARPON 244 



Typical Fishes, high >> SHAD 247 



and low forms. WHITEFISH 250 



FLYING FISHES . Syn-en-tog'na-thi 1 



Pectoral fins greatly enlarged; some spe- } FLYING FISH 252 



cies able to fly. 



, , J7 . TRIGGER-FISH 254 



SOLID-JAW FISHES Plec-tog'na-thi. . . BOX . FISH 255 



With solidified teeth and strong jaws, p 256 



Mostly with rough, file-like skins. PORCUPINE FISH.'. '. '. 256 



,, ,. f COMMON SUCKER. .. 258 



SUCKERS AND MINNOWS. .Plec-to-spon'dy-h RTTFFAT ^ F _ H 260 



T-V i' i t_ i_ j i_ 11 J BUFFALO r iSH ZOU 



Differential characters based wholly upon < ^ OR1 



- v^ARP .ZOI 



[MINNOWS 263 



HALF-GILLED FISHES Hem-i-bran'chii . ] STICKLEBACK 265 



With imperfect or incomplete gills. 



CATFISHES Nem-a-tog'na-thi 



Scaleless; head broad and flattened; bar- MISSISSIPPI CATFISH 270 



bels around mouth; defensive spines in BULLHEAD 271 



dorsal and pectoral fins. 



