Fishes . Fig. 666—Cauhphryne jordani Goode & Bean. Gulf Stream. Family Ceratiidce. second cephalic spine, sometimes a spine on the back of thetrunk, is preserved. The first cephalic spine always retainsthe original fionction of a lure for other marine creatures, butto render it more effective a special luminous organ is sometimes 752 Order Pediculati: The Anglers developed in connection with the filaments with which its ex-tremity is provided {Ceratias bis^inosHS, Oneirodes eschrichtii).So far as known at present these complicated tentacles attainto the highest degree of development in Himanto
Fishes . Fig. 666—Cauhphryne jordani Goode & Bean. Gulf Stream. Family Ceratiidce. second cephalic spine, sometimes a spine on the back of thetrunk, is preserved. The first cephalic spine always retainsthe original fionction of a lure for other marine creatures, butto render it more effective a special luminous organ is sometimes 752 Order Pediculati: The Anglers developed in connection with the filaments with which its ex-tremity is provided {Ceratias bis^inosHS, Oneirodes eschrichtii).So far as known at present these complicated tentacles attainto the highest degree of development in Himantolophus andALgcBonichthys. In other species very peculiar dermal appen-dages are developed, either accompanying the spine on the backor replacing it. They may be paired or form a group of three,are pear-shaped, covered with common skin, and perforated atthe top, a delicate tentacle sometimes issuing from the the fifteen or twenty species of Ceratiidce described, none. Fig. 667—Sargassum-fish, Pterophryne tumida (Osbeck), A ntcnnariida;. are common and all are rare catches of the deep-sea jordani is remarkable for its large fins and theluminous filaments, LinopJiryne lucifer for its large head, andCorynolophiis reinhardti for its luminous fishing-bulb. The Frogfishes: Antennariidae.—The frogfishes, Antennariida:,belong to the tropical seas and rarely descend far below the sur-face. Most of them abound about sand-baiiks or coral reefs,especially along the shores of the East and West Indies, wherethey creep along the rocks like toads. Some are pelagic, drifting Order Pediculati: The Anglers 752, about in floating masses of seaweed. All are fantastic in formand color, usually closely imitating the objects about body is compressed, the mouth nearly vertical, and the skineither prickly or provided with fleshy slips. The species of Pterophryne live in the open sea, drifting withthe currents in masses of sarg
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