. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. Tin; siii:i:i'sm;Aii THE SIIKEPSHl'AD. 'I'liu |iU:.is,iiito^l ??;liiiL; U sec tlic li^li Cut will) Wr ;;m1iIcii ilie -ilvcr Ami yiccdily the trLMclicnuis 'TpHE nu'nil)LTs of tlic fiunWy S/>tr//,/,ri\ the '• Si.'a-Hivains " as tluy arc often called, aiv cspuc ially \- tlicir licavw rather com- l)rcssc(l bodies, their lar^e lieads, and stroni; jaws and tee
. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. Tin; siii:i:i'sm;Aii THE SIIKEPSHl'AD. 'I'liu |iU:.is,iiito^l ??;liiiL; U sec tlic li^li Cut will) Wr ;;m1iIcii ilie -ilvcr Ami yiccdily the trLMclicnuis 'TpHE nu'nil)LTs of tlic fiunWy S/>tr//,/,ri\ the '• Si.'a-Hivains " as tluy arc often called, aiv cspuc ially \- tlicir licavw rather com- l)rcssc(l bodies, their lar^e lieads, and stroni; jaws and teeth. In addition to one or more series of teeth in tlie t'ront of tlie jaws, either conical orin- cisorial in sliape, adapted for tearing tlieir food froni its lodging places, they always have a set of heavy, tlat. grinding-teeth in the hack of the nK)Uth, which are often in double or triple rows on each side and are closelv set. like the stones in a mosaic. Their use is to crush hard shells of mol- hisks and of barnacles, and other crustaceans. They are sedentarv in their habits, living close to the bottom and browsing among the rocks and piles. Their colors are usually inconspicuous and their motions slug- gish. Representatives of this family are found throughout the world in temperate and tropical waters everywhere, and were numerous in the seas and lagoons of the Tertiary and Cretaceous periods. The most important representatives of the family in America, are the i I 1 p. 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 Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896. Boston : Estes and Lauriat
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