. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 6/0 TELEOSTEI the Siamese in 1840 were as infatuated with the combats of these fishes as the Malays are with their cook-fights, and the licence to exhibit them was farmed, bringing in a considerable annual revenue to the king. Fam. 32. Embiotocidae.âSecond suborbital with an internal lamina supporting the globe of the eye; entopterygoid present; palate toothless. Eibs sessile, above and behind the parapophyses, where these are present. Two nostrils on each side. Gill-mem- branes free from isthmus; 5 or 6 branchiostegal rays; gills 4, a slit behind the
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 6/0 TELEOSTEI the Siamese in 1840 were as infatuated with the combats of these fishes as the Malays are with their cook-fights, and the licence to exhibit them was farmed, bringing in a considerable annual revenue to the king. Fam. 32. Embiotocidae.âSecond suborbital with an internal lamina supporting the globe of the eye; entopterygoid present; palate toothless. Eibs sessile, above and behind the parapophyses, where these are present. Two nostrils on each side. Gill-mem- branes free from isthmus; 5 or 6 branchiostegal rays; gills 4, a slit behind the fourth; pseudobranchiae present. Lower pharyngeals united, with conical or pavement-like teeth. Anal fin, with three spines. Ventral fins with 1 spine and 5 soft Fig. 409.âDitrema temminckii, from (After Jordan.) Small or moderate-sized fishes inhabiting California and Japan, mostly marine, one species, however, inhabiting fresh waters, whilst another descends to a great depth. They feed mostly on crustaceans, but one genus {Alcona) is herbivorous. The name " Surf-Fishes," by which theyare generally known, refers to the fact that most species are found in the surf along sandy beaches. All are viviparous in the strictest sense of the term, the young remaining for a long time closely packed in a sac-like enlarge- ment of the oviduct analogous to a uterus ; they are of relatively large size at birth, and quite similar in form to the parent, whilst at an earlier period they differ in having the vertical fins much more elevated. Twenty-four species are known.^ Principal genera: Jlysterocarpus, Ahcona, Cymatogaster, Umbiotoca, Ditrema. Fam. 33. Cichlidae. â No subocular shelf; entopterygoid ^ For recent accounts of the anatomy, embryology, and ethology, cf. C. H. Eigenniann, Bull. Fish Oomm. for 1892, p. 381, and A7-ch. Entioickelungs- â mech. iv. 1896, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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