Pisces. 1 
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, A. W. E. O^Shaughnessy. 
Anatomical and General. 
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Agassiz, A. On the young stages of some osseous Fishes. 1. Develop- 
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Describes the gradual change of the embryonic tail of several species 
of bony fishes, calling attention to an embryonic caudal lobe which has 
hitherto escaped notice, and which shows identity of growth in the tails 
©f Ganoids and of bony fishes. For an abstract of this paper, see Ann. 
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Bertiielot, Sabin. Oiseaux voyageurs et Poissons de passage, IlltRde 
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Calberla, E. Zur Entwicklung des Medullarrohres und der Chorda 
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Edinger, L. Ueber die Schleimhaut des Fischdarmes, nebst Bemer- 
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IIertwig, O. Ueber das Ilautskelet der Fische. Morph. JB. ii. 
pp. 328-395, pis. xxiii.-xxviii. 
On the dermal skeleton of fishes, beginning with the Siluridce and 
Acipenseridm. 
Henneguy, L. Recherches sur la vitality des spermatoides chez la 
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