THE ORDERS OF LIVING FISHES 



ORDERS OMITTED. TYPES CHIEFLY NORTH AMERICAN 



SUBCLASSES 



ORDERS AND CHARACTERS 



FLAT-FISHES, 



HET-E-RO-SO'MA-TA 



Without bilateral symmetry. Both eyes on 

 one side. Flat, oval. Swim in horizontal 

 plane. 



TYPES AND 

 EXAMPLES 



Common Hali- 

 but . . . . 



418 



BONY FISHES: 



Continued. 



FOOT-FISHES, . pe-dic-u-la'ti . 



Mouth enormous ; body broad, flattened, bag- ' 

 like. Pectoral fins long at base. 



Angler 



420 



EELS, AP'O-DES .... I 



Body long, slender, snake-like. No ventral ( Electric Eel . . 421 

 fins, no scales. f 



PIPE-FISHES and 



SEA-HORSES, LO-PHO-BRAN'CHI ) Pipe-Fish and 



Gills tufted ; mouth tubular ; body covered : 

 with scale armor. Very unlike true fishes. 



The DOGFISH, . hal-e-co-mor'phi . DogflshorBow . 



Air bladder cellular,, acting as rudimentary \ g n ; 



lung. Helmet-headed. 



GANOIDS: 



Armored Fishes, 

 and their allies. 



GAR-FISHES,. . ging-ly-mo'di . GarPike 425 



Ancient forms, covered with formidable bony \ Alligator Gar 4 9 5 



STURGEONS, . . glan-i-os'to-mi . I 



Body with rows of large, bony plates. Mouth { Lake Sturgeon . 427 

 with barbels. f 



PADDLE-FISH, . sel-a-chos'to-mi i 



Scaleless, shark-like. Broad, bony paddle pro- \ "addle-Msh 

 jecting from nose. f 



429 



CHIMERAS 



CHIMERAS, . . . 



Odd, shark-like forms. 



CHI-MAE-ROI'DE-I 



< Chimera collei . 431 



CARTILAGINOUS 

 FISHES : 



With soft skeletons. 

 Lowest Fishes. 



■ • • S Q UA ' LI • ■ • • j Mackerel Shark 432 



Scales minute ; skeleton cartilaginous. Many \ Hammerhead 433 



SHARKS, 



,es mil 

 species bring forth their young alive 



RAYS and SKATES, RA'I-AE . . . . ( Shark-Ray . . 434 



Excessively flattened, but otherwise shark-like. \ Sting Ray . . . 435 

 Many species with long, whip-like tails. I Devil-Fish . . 435 



