. Fishes. Fishes. '-^c^i;\?^^'. Fig. 281.—Murama retifera Garman. Charleston, S. C. (macrurus) is remarkable for its extraordinary length of tail, Echidna for its blunt teeth, and Scuticaria, Uropterygius, and Channomurcena for the almost complete absence of fins. In Anarchias {allardicei; knighti), the anal fin is absent. The flesh of the morays is rather agreeable in taste, but usually oily and not readily digestible, lesi wholesome than that of the true eels. The Myrocongridoi are small morays with developed pectoral fins. The species are few and little known. Family Moringuidse.—Structural
. Fishes. Fishes. '-^c^i;\?^^'. Fig. 281.—Murama retifera Garman. Charleston, S. C. (macrurus) is remarkable for its extraordinary length of tail, Echidna for its blunt teeth, and Scuticaria, Uropterygius, and Channomurcena for the almost complete absence of fins. In Anarchias {allardicei; knighti), the anal fin is absent. The flesh of the morays is rather agreeable in taste, but usually oily and not readily digestible, lesi wholesome than that of the true eels. The Myrocongridoi are small morays with developed pectoral fins. The species are few and little known. Family Moringuidse.—Structurally one of the most peculiar of the groups of eels is the small family of Moringuidcs of the East and West Indies. In these very slender, almost worm- like fishes the heart is placed very far behind the gills and the tail is very short. The fins are very little developed, and some forms, as Gordiichthys irretitus of the Gulf of Mexico, the body as slender as a whiplash, possess a very great number of vertebrje. Moringua hawaiiensis occurs in Hawaii, M. edwardsi in the Bahamas. This family probably belongs with the morays to the group of Colocephali, although its real relationships are not wholly certain. Order Carencheli, the Long-necked Eels.—Certain offshoots from the Apodes so widely diverging in structure that they must apparently be considered as distinct orders occur sparingly in the deep seas. One of these, Derichthys serpcntinus, 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
Size: 2145px × 1165px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisher, booksubjectfishes
