. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. 122 THE BOY ANGLERS latter is the balancer. The most important fin is the caudal or tail. This is the rudder, the chief locomo- tive organ which, with a screw-like motion, propels the fish. It enables the tuna to make the leaps we see every day, and gives the yellowtail its power of resist- s^th^ *o\<^ „-•» OR FRONT ,. ^ ,. *"% External parts of a fish. .PAIRED FINS ance and active movements. With it the flying-fish forces itself
. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. 122 THE BOY ANGLERS latter is the balancer. The most important fin is the caudal or tail. This is the rudder, the chief locomo- tive organ which, with a screw-like motion, propels the fish. It enables the tuna to make the leaps we see every day, and gives the yellowtail its power of resist- s^th^ *o\<^ „-•» OR FRONT ,. ^ ,. *"% External parts of a fish. .PAIRED FINS ance and active movements. With it the flying-fish forces itself into the air, and the whale, not a fish, de- stroys boats. " Tails of great variety and use are seen. Thus the sea-horse employs its tail to cling to weeds, and swims with its dorsal. In the swivel-tail shark we have caught, the upper lobe is of enormous length. In the flying-fish we use for bait the lower lobe is the longest, and in the garpike the ventral extends into the upper lobe of the tail, this being a very ancient type of fish, as the Holoptychius and others shown. The fishes are. 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915. New York, D. Appleton
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