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FISH GALLERY. 



America. The Gigantic Salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), 

 from Japan and China, belongs to this family ; it is the largest 

 living Batrachian, attaining a length of four feet, and the living 



Fig. 33. 



Amphiuma means, from Xortli America. 



representative of the fossil Salamander of QEningen, the remains 

 of which were originally regarded as those of man [Homo dih/vii 

 testis). 



The Proteidce and Sirenidce are permanent gill-breathers, and 



