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BRANCH CHORDATA 



SUB-CLASS III. DIP NOI 



The "lung fishes" are snake-like or eel-like (Fig. 168), and 

 bear small, soft, cycloid scales, small paired fins, and a diphycer- 



Fig. 168. — Lung fish (Proiop'terus annecteris). (Boas.) 



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Fig. 169. — The Cer'atodus of Queensland, an air-breathing and «:iter- 

 breathing mudfish of the ancient type, with paddle fins. (From Baskett, 

 " The Story of the Fishes," D. Appleton and Co., Publishers.) 



cal caudal fin. The skeleton is largely cartilage and the noto- 

 chord persistent. They live in fresh water, antl usually breathe 



