. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. TJIK LUMP-FISH. 285 .,to Imso o tho tml The sucmHlinp rays rapidly diminish in length, the fourth hvwg extremely short, bandy ân in h^.^dh. The jfectoraLs are rounded ami tnan^nlar, the eentral ray being the largest. The k^ngtli of the ( Dra^onet is aliout ten or eleven inches. " ]\Iore than twenty species of Dragonets are known, spread over a very large portion of the globe, and inhabiting the temperate seas of the O
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. TJIK LUMP-FISH. 285 .,to Imso o tho tml The sucmHlinp rays rapidly diminish in length, the fourth hvwg extremely short, bandy ân in h^.^dh. The jfectoraLs are rounded ami tnan^nlar, the eentral ray being the largest. The k^ngtli of the ( Dra^onet is aliout ten or eleven inches. " ]\Iore than twenty species of Dragonets are known, spread over a very large portion of the globe, and inhabiting the temperate seas of the Old World, and the Indian Ocean from iB _. m OEMMKOIS IHi.\(i()XIX-rf,;, lO/',VJ?n/.s- hirn. V strong ja\v3 nother of tlie Mo^,âe to the Western raeific islands. They are marine fishes, and inhabit the bottom ot the sea at no great distance from the shore. Jnnaoit the We now come to a very small, but curious family, termed Discoboli or OnnJf because the spines of the ventral (ins are modified into a flattened di'csomJtWnrjE'?'' quoit of the ancients. Tliis disc has a soft, leathery mar-in an e^'ibles tlS themselves to rocks or stones after the manner of thJ .^obies *' ^"^'^ tuberculated skin not unlike the comb of the cock "uit-neu anrt witwLlI'f r" "I" '^iT f *^"' ^''^ '' ^â '^P^'^^^'" "'' ''''y P"^^-«i'f"l "^^I'csion, retaining its hold ^Mth .such tenacity, that on one occasion, when a Lump-fish was placed in o nnil Pn,!!!- ⢠s^-'al gallons of water, it immediately ^flixed itself ti iSC'^M^^^^ when grasped by the tail and lifted, it raised the vessel in which it w^rnirorlw vi standing the combined weight of the water and pail ^'^^'''^' ''°^^"*'^- Ihe Lump-fish i,s saicl to make a kind of homo, and to hover about the snot wbero lie eggs are placed, for the purpose of guardin- them from foes W on f^n= ^ It IS a brave and combative fish, permitting no othe tmy iul a S-iit of the vn er If&qu
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