FISHES. 
70s, 
V. ERANCHIOSTEGOUS. Gill depiute of bony rays. 
56. M 
^''iormyrus; 
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^ ‘ ^‘irodon. 
gj- ^iodon. 
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65 plop ter us. 
^ophius. 
Teeth notched ; fcales imbricate. 
Ventral fins o ; body covered with a bony coat. 
Ventral fins o ; belly prickly. 
Body covered with fpines. 
Ventral fins o ; body covered with a ftrong cruft. 
Ventral fins folitary, placed like a keel. 
Ventral fins united ; head ending in a narrow fnout.' 
Ventral fins 2 ; fnout ciliate-toothed. 
Ventral fins 2, united into an oval concavity. 
Ventral fins 2, more or lefs refembling feet. 
VI. CHONDROPTERIGIOUS. Gills cartilaginous. 
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72. 
68 . 
70. 
71. 
^cipenfer. Ventral fins 2 ; mouth beneath without teeth* 
Vr.f. Snout long, flat, fpinous on both edges. 
Spiracle folitary, quadrlfid. 
r . Spiracles a, ventral.' 
^3i‘aii(s. Spiracles 5 , lateral. 
^aia. Spiracles 5, beneath. 
^^tromyzon. Spiracles 7* laterals 
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