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THE ANGLER-NATUEALIST. 



PIS 



Fourth Class of 



BONY FISHES. 



Order I. 

 ACAXTHOPTERYGII. 



PamilieB. 

 FercidiE — the Perch family. 

 Fishes with hard cheeks. 

 Scimnidm — the Maigre family. 

 Sparid(B — the Sea-Bream family. 



Squamipennes — Scaly-fianed. 



Scombrides — the Moclcerel fa- 

 mily. 



T(snidcB — Ribbon- shaped. 



Teufhidid(E — the Lancet-flsh 

 family. 



Fishes with labyrinths in the 

 pharynx. 



Mugilid(E~the Mullet family. 



GobiidcB — the Goby family. 



Pectorales Peduneulafi — Fishes 

 with " ankles" to the pec- 

 toral fins. 



Labridee — the Wrasse, or Rock- 

 fish, family. 



Fist-ularidiB — Pipe-mouthcd 



fishes. 



Order II. 



MALACOPTERTGII 



ABDOMINALES. 



Families. 



1. Cyprinidce — the 



Carp family. 



2. E^ocidcE — the 



PUie family. 



3. Siliirid(e — the 

 Sheat-fish fa- 

 mily. 



4. Salmonidm — the 

 Salmon and 

 Trout family. 



5. Cltipeidm — the 

 Herring family. 



Order III. 



MALACOPTERYGII 



SUB-BRACHIATI. 



Families. 



1. Gadid(B~the Cod 



family. 



2. JPIeiironectid/^ — 



the Flat-fish 

 family. 



3. DiscohoU — with 



ventrals formed 

 into a sucker, 

 or 'disc' 



Order IV. 



MALACOPTERYGII 



APODES. 



Only one Family. 

 2Iu rofjiidtE — Eel- 

 shaped fishes. 



NOTE.— It will probably assist the reader s memory to observe that when the name of a Family ia 

 ot that Family always ends m idtP, from the Greek word eidos, signifying " resemblance,"— as, for example, 

 and that where the name is founded on peculiarity of structure or habit, the Family name describes that 



