. Natural history of the fishes of Massachusetts, embracing a practical essay on angling . nes on each side. \ FAMILY VII. FISTULARID^. The characteristic of this family, is a long, semi-transparent tube, formed by the extended eth-moid bones, bones of the partition of the nose, andothers of the head, covered with a prolongation ofthe skin ; and at the extremity is the mouth. Thebody is long, slender, and delicately formed. GEN. FISTULARIA. Tobacco-pipe Fish, — Fistularia we not two excellent specimens of this fish,taken near Holmess Hole, its existence would nothave been credite
. Natural history of the fishes of Massachusetts, embracing a practical essay on angling . nes on each side. \ FAMILY VII. FISTULARID^. The characteristic of this family, is a long, semi-transparent tube, formed by the extended eth-moid bones, bones of the partition of the nose, andothers of the head, covered with a prolongation ofthe skin ; and at the extremity is the mouth. Thebody is long, slender, and delicately formed. GEN. FISTULARIA. Tobacco-pipe Fish, — Fistularia we not two excellent specimens of this fish,taken near Holmess Hole, its existence would nothave been credited so far to the north of the equa-tor. Those before us, now under examination,are upwards of eighteen inches long — and fromthe caudal fin, a single hair runs off one foot fur- 318 FISTULARlDiE. ther, giving an entire length of two feet and a body is smooth, the jaws narrow, scales mi-nute, fins tinged with red near their joinings ; onedorsal fin opposite to the anal, and both are nearthe tail, which is forked ; in the branchial mem-brane are seven rays. TOBACCO-PIPE As it respects the habits of the tobacco-pipefish, we have no means of gaining a have been seen excepting those which havebeen driven on shore in storms. In South Amer-ican seas, they are larger, and between three andfour feet in length. END OF PART FIRST. TROUT AND ANGLING I L PART SECOND: TROUT, INTERSPERSED WITH REMARKS THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ANGLING.
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