. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 34 • -Egg of Callorhynchus antarcticus, the Bottle-nosed ChiniEera. (After Parker and Haswell.) those sharks and rays which lay eggs the ova are deposited in a homy egg-case, in color and texture suggesting the kelp in which they are laid. The eggs of the bull-head sharks {Heterodon- tiis) are spirally twisted, those of the cat-sharks {ScyliorJiinidcc) are quadrate with long filaments at the angles. Those of rays are wheelbarrow-shaped with four "; One egg-case. Fig. 25.—Egg of the Hagfish, Myxine limosa Girard, showing threads for attach- ment. (After
. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 34 • -Egg of Callorhynchus antarcticus, the Bottle-nosed ChiniEera. (After Parker and Haswell.) those sharks and rays which lay eggs the ova are deposited in a homy egg-case, in color and texture suggesting the kelp in which they are laid. The eggs of the bull-head sharks {Heterodon- tiis) are spirally twisted, those of the cat-sharks {ScyliorJiinidcc) are quadrate with long filaments at the angles. Those of rays are wheelbarrow-shaped with four "; One egg-case. Fig. 25.—Egg of the Hagfish, Myxine limosa Girard, showing threads for attach- ment. (After Dean.) of a ray may sometimes contain several eggs and develop several young. The eggs of lancelets are small, but those of the hagfishes are large, ovate, with fibres at each side, each with a triple hook at tip. The chimEera has also large egg-cases, oblong in form. In the higher fishes the eggs are spherical, large or small according to the species, and varying in the firmness of their. 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
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