. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. 230 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. BAR-TAILED FLAT-HEAD .4 s/ia/loiu-ivjur fis/i fhtl, b, If. , ^] ,. ROCK FLAT-HEAD About j'trt^ ipcaei oj flal-kejds are kno7un coasts of Britain, and extending- from tropical to arctic seas. Their curious])' shaped lieads give them a \'er)' quaint appearance. One of the most remarkable pecuharities of these fishes is the separate condition of some of the rays of the breast-fins, which form finger-Hke organs, used to feel
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. 230 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. BAR-TAILED FLAT-HEAD .4 s/ia/loiu-ivjur fis/i fhtl, b, If. , ^] ,. ROCK FLAT-HEAD About j'trt^ ipcaei oj flal-kejds are kno7un coasts of Britain, and extending- from tropical to arctic seas. Their curious])' shaped lieads give them a \'er)' quaint appearance. One of the most remarkable pecuharities of these fishes is the separate condition of some of the rays of the breast-fins, which form finger-Hke organs, used to feel the ground and rake o\-cr loose stones, to disco\'er small shrimps and other animals hidden underneath. Furthermore, the gurnards are peculiar in that they are enabled to communicate one with another by means of sounds produced b\' the expulsion of air from one compartment of the air-bladder to another. The females are much more common than the males, and also sliglitl)' larger. The )-oung are remarkable for the enormous size of the breast-fins, though even in the adult these are unusuall)' large. Close allies of the Gurnards are the Fl\'I\G-GL'RX.\, which, b)' reason of the extreme development of the breast-fins, are enabled to take flying leaps out of the water. C)ne species is common in the Mediterranean. The flying-gurnard is not to be mistaken for the true "flying-fish," or flying-herring, described later. The curious mail-clad Armed Bull-head, or Poccie, common!)' taken in shrimp-nets, is an ally of the fl)'ing-gurnard. CHAPTER V LUMP-SUCKERS, GOBIES, BLENNIES, BARRACUDAS, GREY MULLETS, STICKLEBACKS AND THEIR ALLIES, GARPIKE, AND FLYING-FISHES BY VV. P. PVCKAFT, , UGLY in appearance and carni\'orous in habits, the Sucker-fish Famil)' are distinguished b)' the presence of a large round sucker on the bell)% with which the)' adhere to rocks. Furthermore, the sucker-fishes are remarkable for the softness of their skeleton, which ma)^ be cut throug
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