. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. -=»w pASDALE, pRASMERE. Order I. A CANTHOPTERYGII. Family GA Hit 'hree-spined Stickleback. BARNSTICKLE. SHARPLIN. PRICKLEFISH. fGasterosteics Gastcrostcus acnla's in dorso tribus, Gasterostcus aculealus, Gasierosteus irachurus, Artedi, Spec, p. 96. Lin., Sys., p. 489; Bloch, pi. 53, fig. 3; Donovan, Brit. Fish. i. pi. 11; GiJNTHER, Cat. i. p. 2; Colxh's Fish. Brit. Isles, i. p. 167. Yarrell, i. p. 90. Characters 0/ the Genus Gasterosteus.—"Form of body elongated; eyes lateral; cleft of mouth extending on the s
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. -=»w pASDALE, pRASMERE. Order I. A CANTHOPTERYGII. Family GA Hit 'hree-spined Stickleback. BARNSTICKLE. SHARPLIN. PRICKLEFISH. fGasterosteics Gastcrostcus acnla's in dorso tribus, Gasterostcus aculealus, Gasierosteus irachurus, Artedi, Spec, p. 96. Lin., Sys., p. 489; Bloch, pi. 53, fig. 3; Donovan, Brit. Fish. i. pi. 11; GiJNTHER, Cat. i. p. 2; Colxh's Fish. Brit. Isles, i. p. 167. Yarrell, i. p. 90. Characters 0/ the Genus Gasterosteus.—"Form of body elongated; eyes lateral; cleft of mouth extending on the sides of the muzzle, oblique; villiform teeth in both the jaws and on the pharyngo-branchials, none on the palate or the tongue. Three branchiostegals. Opercular bones not armed; infraorbital arch articulated with prasoperculum; parts of the skeleton forming external mails. Scales none, or in the form of scaly plates along the side. Isolated spines before the dorsal fin; ventral fins abdominal, but pubic bones attached to the humeral arch; ventral with one strong spine, and generally with another single short ray. Swim bladder simple, oblong; casca pylorica in small ;—Gunther. THE generic name of Gastrcostcus, ixom gastcr, "the belly," and osteon, "a bone," has reference to the strong spiny ventral fin with which the fishes of this family are armed. Though. 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 Houghton, W. (William), 1828-1895; Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1836-1917, ill. London [etc. ] : W. Mackenzie
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