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are chiefly tropical fishes, which have the jaws transformed into a 

 h arp beak, the teeth being soldered together. 



The Embiotocidce are marine fishes characteristic of the fauna 

 of the temperate North Pacific, the majority living on the 

 American side, and only a few on the Asiatic. They are vivi- 

 parous. 



The Chromides are freshwater fishes of rather small size, from 

 the tropical parts of Africa and America. Some are herbivorous, 



Fig. 64. 



" Bulti " of the Nile (Chromis niloticus). 



the others carnivorous. Chromis niloticus, the " Bulti " or " Bolty " 

 of the Nile,, is one of the few well-flavoured fishes of that river. 

 Several species are common in Lake Tiberias. 



Order III. ANACANTHINI. 



Bony fishes without spinous rays in the vertical and ventral fins ; 

 the air-bladder, if present, without pneumatic duct, and the ventral 

 fins, if present, jugular or thoracic. 



They form two divisions, viz. the Gaduidei (Cod-fishes), in which 

 the head and body are symmetrically formed ; and the Pleuro- 

 nectoidci (Flat-fishes), in which the head and part of the body 

 are unsymmetrical. The former group contains four families : 

 Lycodida, Gadida, Ophidiida, and Macruridte ; the latter includts 

 a single family only Pleuronectida. 



