20 FISH GALLERY. 



Following Cabinet-case 44, in a series along the side of 

 the Gallery, are four Table-cases (45-48) with a skeleton of 

 the Porbeagle Shark, Lamna cornubica (see the specimen in the 

 upper part of Wall-case 1, see also page 32) ; a Jew-fish, Stereo- 

 lepis gigas, a Sea-perch allied to the large specimen in Table- 

 case 40 in a corresponding position on the other side of the 

 Gallery; a Southern Meagre, Scicena antarctica, and a skeleton 

 of the Common Meagre, Scicena aquila (family Scisenidse, Wall- 

 case 13; see also page 151) ; and another form of Meagre, Scicena 

 diacanthus, from the estuaries of Bengal. 



Systematic Series in the Wall-cases. 



In Wall-case 1, in the S.W. corner of the Gallery are exhibited 

 the more primitive of the Sharks and Dog-fishes ; the series of 

 Sharks and Dog-fishes is continued in Wall- case 2 and ends with 

 the Monk-fish and Pristiophorus. In Wall-cases 3 and 4 are 

 shown the Saw-fishes, Skates and Rays, and in the lower part of 

 Wall-case 4 reference is made to the extinct Pleuracanthodian 

 Sharks, Wall-case 5 is devoted to the Hoiocephali and Ostra- 

 codermi. The Dipnoi or Lung-fishes occupy the first part of 

 Wall-case 6, the Stylopterygii or Fringe-finned fishes, and the 

 Sturgeons and Gar-pikes fill up the rest of the case. In Wall- 

 case 7 are the Amioid fishes and their extinct relatives, also the 

 lower Teleostean fishes, the Herring-like and Salmon-like fishes. 

 Wall-case 8 contains the Carps and their allies, and, on the 

 floor, the Eels ; the Cat-fishes occupy the corner case (9) and a 

 part of Wall-case 10, the rest of which is filled by the Pikes, 

 Sticklebacks, Sea-horses, Pipe-fishes, &c. 



In Wall-case 11 are shown the Grey Mullets, Flying-fishes, and 

 Barracudas, and the Cod-like fishes. In the corner case (12) 

 begins the great series of fishes with spiny fin-rays in the dorsal, 

 anal and pelvic fins (Acanthopterygian fishes), a series which 

 continues along the whole of the East side of the Gallery up to 

 Wall-case 19. The first fishes of the series are the Berycoid 



