A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles volume 2
A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles volume 2
Philip Henry Gosse
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L2 148 PISCES. The texture of the skeleton, whether bone or carti- lage ; the form of the jaws, whether moveable or soldered together ; the gill-orifices, whether several holes in the neck, or a single one opening from beneath a lid ; the gills, whether arranged like the teeth of a comb, or in tufts ; the rays of the dorsal and anal fins, whether mostly soft and jointed, or mostly hard and spiny; the position of the ventral-fins ; the form and toothing of the gill-covers ; the form and arrangem...ent of the teeth ; the number of the gill-rays ; the size, form, and extent of the scales ; the number and form of the dorsal-fins or fin ; the form of the caudal-fin ; the presence of spines ; the general shape of the body ; the freedom of movement in the jaws ; and the number of rays in the different fins. Authorities. The arrangement proposed by Cuvier, and modified by the Prince of Canino, has been mainly followed ; while, for the appropriation of species to our seas, no higher authority need be sought, or can be found, than Mr.
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