A PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT OF 



BASED CHIEFLY UPON VISIBLE CHARACTERS; DEEP-SEA 



SUBCLASSES 



LUNG 

 FISHES: 



' Nearest to 



the 

 Amphibia. 



ORDERS AND CHARACTERS 



LUNG-FISHES, 



SI-REN-OI'DE-I 



Fishes with partial lungs, rudimentary legs, and molar 

 teeth. 



I SPINY- FIN NED 



FISHES, . . . AC-AN-THOP'TE-RI 



Typical fishes, with perfect gills, fins, scales, and bony 

 fin-rays. 



TYPES AND p^gj, 



EXAMPLES ■ 



Australian Lung- 

 Fish . . .380 

 I South American 

 Mudfish . . 381 



' Bass . . , 



Sunfish . . 



Perch . . , 



i Blueflsh . . 



I Mackerel . . 



Tuna . . 



j Mullet . . , 

 I Red Snapper , 



Dolphin . . 



Swordflsh . , 



, Remora . , 



382 

 384 

 386 

 387 

 388 

 489 

 390 

 391 

 392 

 392 

 393 



IPIKES, HA-PLO'MI .... 



Head flattened and scaly. Only one dorsal fin, far back. 



Pike . . . . 

 Muskallunge . 

 Pickerel . , 



394 

 394 

 395 



BONY 

 FISHES: 



Typical 



Fishes, 



high and 



low forms. 



ITROUT and SALMON, i-so-spon'dy-li . 



Differential characters relate wholly to bony anatomy. 



FLYING FISHES, . . syn-en-tog'NA-thi 



Pectoral fins greatly enlarged ; some species able to fly. 



Trout . . 

 Salmon . . 

 Tarpon . . 

 Shad . . 

 Whiteflsh . 

 Herring 

 Menhaden 



Flying Fish 



396 

 398 

 406 

 407 

 408 



409 



|SOLID-JAW FISHES, 



With solidified teeth and strong jaws, 

 rough, file-like skins. 



PLEC-TOG'NA-THI . 

 Mostly with 



Trigger-Fish . . 410 

 Box-Fish . . .410 

 Puffer . . . .410 

 Porcupine Fish . 411 



ISUCKERS and / common Sucker 412 



MINNOWS, PLEC-TO-SPON'DY-LI ) Buffalo Fish . . 413 



Differential characters based wholly upon bony anat- f ^^rp 413 



omy. 



Minnows 



414 



HALF-GILLED 



FISHES, HEM-I-BBAN'CHII . 



With imperfect or incomplete gills. 



Stickleback 



415 



jCATFISHES, NEM-A-TOG'NA-THI 



Scaleless ; head broad and flattened ; barbels around ' 

 mouth ; defensive spines in dorsal and pectoral fins. 



Mississippi Cat- 

 fish ... . 416 

 Bullhead . . 417 



