Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles And Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History) Illustrated By 101 Woodcuts
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uarnak (fig. 97), and of a New-Zealand species {T. irevicauda) , are exhibited on stands opposite Case 42 and in the corridor leading into this Gallery. The MyHobatida (Case 44) , also called Devil-fishes, Sea-devils, or Eagle- Rays, are generally of large size, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas. The tail is .very long and slender. Some genera [Cephaloptera, Bicerohatis) possess a pair of singular cephalic processes, which generally project in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis ...of the body, but are said to be flexible in the living fish, and used for scooping food from the bottom of the water and conveying it to the mouth. Some of them, if not all, attain an enormous size; specimens weighing 1250 pounds, or measuring 20 feet in width, are on record. In the Myliohaiina the dentition consists of perfectly flat molars, forming a kind of mosaic pave- ment in both the upper and lower jaws— a most perfect mechanical arrangement for crushing alimentary substances. Examples of the dentition are exhibited in Table-case C.
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