The book The Story of the Fishes was written by author Baskett, James Newton, 1849- Here you can read free online of The Story of the Fishes book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Story of the Fishes a good or bad book?
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100. Lancelot, or Amphi- FIG. 101. Lamprey (Petromyzon oxus (Branchiostoma). Americanus). (LeSueur. ) are precisely alike ; even the leaves on a tree differ a little from each other. The lancelet represents all these divisions in itself, there being only the one species. The lam prey -forms have two orders the hag- fishes, and the lampreys proper. Of this last there are two genera (plural of genus, meaning literally kinds) and several species. In the shark-forms there are perhaps only the two o...rders, so frequently mentioned in this book, the sharks proper and the rays. But several families of each FIG. 102. Hag, or Myxine ma y | )e found even around (Myxinelimosa). (Girard. ) AT, -, A our JN orth American coasts. The important divisions are represented by the Port Jackson shark, found around Australia, which has crushing teeth only ; the great basking sharks, whose teeth are sharp but small ; and the terribly SHARKS AND RAYS. 253 ferocious sharks, the hammer-headed being one of these.
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