. Commissioners' Game and game-birds; Game protection; Fisheries; Fishes. ps-/; h~~^Bm%::-~ pr. / Fig. 3 B.—Cranium and Anterior OF Catfish, from below. Pm, premaxila; m, mesethmoid ; v, vomer; pa> parethmoid ; o, orbitosphenoid ; f, frontal; pp> parasphenoiJ ; a, alisphenoid ; pr, prootic ; h, arti- cular surface for hyomandibular on sphen^ and pterotics; b, basioccipital with exoccipitals on either side; s, supraclavicie; m, "maUeus;" 4, 5 and 6, transverse process of 4th, 5th and 6th vertebrae. o-ristle or cartilage being only partly replaced by bones. In


. Commissioners' Game and game-birds; Game protection; Fisheries; Fishes. ps-/; h~~^Bm%::-~ pr. / Fig. 3 B.—Cranium and Anterior OF Catfish, from below. Pm, premaxila; m, mesethmoid ; v, vomer; pa> parethmoid ; o, orbitosphenoid ; f, frontal; pp> parasphenoiJ ; a, alisphenoid ; pr, prootic ; h, arti- cular surface for hyomandibular on sphen^ and pterotics; b, basioccipital with exoccipitals on either side; s, supraclavicie; m, "maUeus;" 4, 5 and 6, transverse process of 4th, 5th and 6th vertebrae. o-ristle or cartilage being only partly replaced by bones. In the Catfish, however, there is little of this left in the adult fish. Attention is called to the position of the vomer the teeth od which sometimes furnish easily accessible characters to the syste- matic zoologist. It is applied to the under surface of bones formed in cartilage, the foremost of which, the middle ethmoid, carries in front the premaxillse, tooth- bearing plates whicli form a considerable part of the mariJfin of the upper jaw on each side and which can in some fish be thrust out from their support or " ; The rest of the margin of the gape above is usually formed of the. 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 Ontario. Game and Fish Toronto : Printed by Warwick


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