. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Fig. 498.—Deep-sea Angler, Ceraiias hoJboUi Kroyer. Greenland. The nvimber of the dorsal spines is always reduced, and at the end of the series of these species only one spine remains, with a simple, very small lamella at the extremity {Melanocetus john-. FiG. 'i99.—Cauhphryne jordani Goode & Bean. GuH Stream. Family Ceratiidm. sonii, Melanocetus murrayi). In other forms sometimes a second cephalic spine, sometimes a spine on the back of the trunk, is preserved. The first cephalic spine always retains the original function of a lur

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. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Fig. 498.—Deep-sea Angler, Ceraiias hoJboUi Kroyer. Greenland. The nvimber of the dorsal spines is always reduced, and at the end of the series of these species only one spine remains, with a simple, very small lamella at the extremity {Melanocetus john-. FiG. 'i99.—Cauhphryne jordani Goode & Bean. GuH Stream. Family Ceratiidm. sonii, Melanocetus murrayi). In other forms sometimes a second cephalic spine, sometimes a spine on the back of the trunk, is preserved. The first cephalic spine always retains the original function of a lure for other marine creatures, but to render it more effective a special luminous organ is sometimes. 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

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