. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. ould not on which B fish, an ,t, of the FAMILY OK THK loy SILUllID^E. THE CAT-FTSH. Hurm Pimrlmh. Sllunu, Pimrlmlm, Cnnmnt- Channel Cat-ttHh. This singular and hideous family of fishes is distinguished from the others of the same order, by the skin being either naked or protected by large plates, but always destitute of true scales. The intermaxillaries are suspended under the ethmoid bone, and form the border of the upp
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. ould not on which B fish, an ,t, of the FAMILY OK THK loy SILUllID^E. THE CAT-FTSH. Hurm Pimrlmh. Sllunu, Pimrlmlm, Cnnmnt- Channel Cat-ttHh. This singular and hideous family of fishes is distinguished from the others of the same order, by the skin being either naked or protected by large plates, but always destitute of true scales. The intermaxillaries are suspended under the ethmoid bone, and form the border of the upper jaw, while the labials are lengthened out into barbels, or are simply rudimental; it has, also, a second adipose dorsal fin. First rays of the dorsal and pectoral fin spinous. This family contains twenty-five or thirty species peculiar to America, which are generally known as Cat-fish, Bull-heads, Bull-pouts, &c. They inhabit the largec lakes and rivers espe- cially, but are found in all the waters of North America. 0 1 I. 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. London : R. Bentley
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