. California fish and game . tunder the front of it. Size enormous. 6. The Sea-Devils (family Mantidw). Page 13. GLOSSARY. The names of the fins may be learned from fig. 2. Claspers. Rod-like organs, one attached to the inner edge of eachventral fin in the male. Not projecting bej^ond the fin in the young. Disk. The flattened part of the body made by the projecting pectoraland ventral fins. Rostral ridges. The ridges running forward from in front of theeyes to the tip of the snout. Shagreen. The skin when it feels like fine sandpaper. Snout. The part lying directly in front of the eyes. Spirac
. California fish and game . tunder the front of it. Size enormous. 6. The Sea-Devils (family Mantidw). Page 13. GLOSSARY. The names of the fins may be learned from fig. 2. Claspers. Rod-like organs, one attached to the inner edge of eachventral fin in the male. Not projecting bej^ond the fin in the young. Disk. The flattened part of the body made by the projecting pectoraland ventral fins. Rostral ridges. The ridges running forward from in front of theeyes to the tip of the snout. Shagreen. The skin when it feels like fine sandpaper. Snout. The part lying directly in front of the eyes. Spiracle. The hole just behind the eye. JDo not mistake the notch formed by the presence of a clasper in the male for anotclied fin. 4 CALIFORNIA PISH AND GAME. 1. THE GUITAR FISHES {Finndy Uhlnohaliihi). The Guitar Fish (Rhinobatus productus). This is often called shovelnosed shark, especially on the southerncoast. This name should be discouraged, as it is not a shark, and aswe already have a shark {Hexanchus) known by this Fig. Tlie guitar fish Rhinobatus productus. Adult male. The guitar fish is not much expanded and disk-like, being sharplyMedge-shaped in front and tapering into a thick tail behind. Twodorsal fins and a caudal fin are well developed. The body is coveredwith shagreen and there are rows of hooked spines along the middleline of the back and tail, and a small bunch at the shoulder. The youngfish has small spines around the inner border of the e^e and along therostral ridges. The color is uniform dull brow^nish on the upper surfaceand white on the lower. This fisli is found from San Francisco to San Diego and of Point Conccpcion it is very common. It reaches a length of3 or 4
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