. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. J The largest teeth ai-e on the vomer and fore part of tlie tongue: there is a double series of teeth on the mandible. There are usually about sixty vertebra; and very few pyloric appendages to the stomach. The Capelin (MaUotus vinosus)h one of the smallest of the Salmonidse, found on the shores of Kamtschatka and Arctic North America. It lives on the sea-bottom, and comes to the surface to spawn, when it often congregates in incredible numbers. It is eaten fresh in Iceland, and dried in Greenland. It furnishes one of the most importan
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. J The largest teeth ai-e on the vomer and fore part of tlie tongue: there is a double series of teeth on the mandible. There are usually about sixty vertebra; and very few pyloric appendages to the stomach. The Capelin (MaUotus vinosus)h one of the smallest of the Salmonidse, found on the shores of Kamtschatka and Arctic North America. It lives on the sea-bottom, and comes to the surface to spawn, when it often congregates in incredible numbers. It is eaten fresh in Iceland, and dried in Greenland. It furnishes one of the most important baits for the Newfoundland fisheries. Coregonus is a genus of fishes found in the fresh waters of the north temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere, but many sjiecies periodically move into the Arctic Ocean. Dr. Giinther states that they are less variable than the Trout, and all the species are characterised by having the body covered with medium sized scales, by a deeply forked caudal fin, a large air-bladder, and a horseshoe- shaped stomach, to which there are numerous pyloric appendages. The Coregonus oxyrhynchus, well known on the coast and in the fresh waters of Holland, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, has the snout produced m the upper jaw into a fleshy conical jirocess. The snout is also somewhat prolonged in the Swedish species Coregonus Uoydii, where, however, it is much thicker. Coregonus quadrilateralis has the profile of the snout remarkably rounded, and has the eye very iarge. It reaches a length of eighteen inches, and is characteristic of the northern parts of North America. Several species have the snout obliquely truncated; among these are the Coregonufe lapponicus, from Lapland, and the Coregonus lavaretus, which is found in the great lakes of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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