APODA. 



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Order III. MALA COPTER YGIL 



Jaws free ; gills arranged in comb-like fringes ; 

 gill-cover large ; gill-orifice usually large ; fin-rays 

 flexible, jointed, and branched, with the occasional 

 exception of the first two or three rays in the 

 dorsal or pectorals. 



Ventrals wanting Apoda. 



Ventrals under the pectorals . . Sub-brachiati. 

 Ventrals behind the pectorals . . Abdominales. 



244 



245 



TEIBE I. APODA. 



Ventrals wanting ; form snake-like. 



Ammodytes(Lmn.). Launce. Gill- orifices large ; 

 dorsal nearly the^ whole length ; anal nearly half 

 as long ; caudal distinct and separate. 



A. Tobianus. 



lancea. Fig. 245 ; J n. s. 

 M2 



