THE ORDERS OF LIVING FISHES 



ORDERS OMITTED. TYPES CHIEFLY NORTH AMERICAN 



SUBCLASSES 



ORDERS AND CHARACTERS 



TYPES AND 

 EXAMPLES 



FLAT-FISHES, . het-e-ro-so'ma-ta 



Without bilateral symmetry. Both eyes on 

 one side. Flat, oval. Swim in horizontal 

 plane. 



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 



EELS, AP'O-DES .... 



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

 fins, no scales. 



420 



. 421 



PIPE-FISHES and 



SEA-HORSES, LO-PHO-BRAN'CHI JPipe-Fish and 



Gills tufted ; mouth tubular ; body covered } ^ea-Horse . . 423 

 with scale armor. Very unlike true fishes. 



The DOGFISH, . hal-e-co-mor'phi . t» « i, u 



' I Dogfish or Bow- 



Air bladder cellular, acting as rudimentary \ qjj ^24 



lung. Helmet-headed. 



GANOIDS: 



Armored Fishes, 

 and their allies. 



GAR-FISHES, . ging-ly-mo'di . , „ „.. 



7 Gar Pike . . 425 



Ancient forms, covered with formidable bony \ Ain<.ofr»,. n'o ' ^ok 



armnr / AlllgaiOr Uar . ■l^O 



armor. 



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



Body with rows of large, bony plates. Mouth ^ I^ake Sturgeon . 427 

 with barbels. 



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



Scaleless, shark-Uke. Broad, bony paddle pro- [ Paddle-Fish 

 jecting from nose. 



429 



CHIMERAS 



CHIMERAS, . . . 



Odd, shark-like forms. 



CHI-MAE-ROI'DE-I 



I Chimera collel . 431 



CARTILAGINOUS 

 FISHES: 



With soft skeletons. 

 Lowest Fishes. 



SHARKS, .... SQUA'U ..... ^ , , „^ 



„,.',, ., . ) Mackerel Shark 432 



bcales mmute ; skeleton cartilaginous. Many \ HammerhpaH d-i-i 



species bring forth their young alive. ' hammerhead . 433 



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. f Devil-Fish . . 435 



