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ZOOLOGY 



The silversides are cs]3eeially alDundant along our Atlantic 

 coast. They have an elongated, somewhat compressed Ijody, 



Fig. 293. — Pholis, the rock eel. Right side. Nat. size. Photo. 



and a broad, bright silvery band on the sides, against a green- 

 ish general body color. The dorsal spines are slender. The 



Fig. 294. — dnstrroslrns piiiiuiliiiK, the uiui'-.-ipiiird stirkleljack ; male (above) 

 and female near the nest in ruslies. The female is about to deposit its 

 eggs in the nest. 



