. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatoriae, describing noted fishing-places and the pleasures of solitary fly-fishing. Fishing; Fishes. 58 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK The reader will observe the peculiar shape of the second dorsal of the first figure; it is one of the characteristic marks of the Salmonidse. No other family the angler meets with, has it except the Saluridse (Catfish). This fin is adipo
. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatoriae, describing noted fishing-places and the pleasures of solitary fly-fishing. Fishing; Fishes. 58 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK The reader will observe the peculiar shape of the second dorsal of the first figure; it is one of the characteristic marks of the Salmonidse. No other family the angler meets with, has it except the Saluridse (Catfish). This fin is adipose, generally opaque, and without rays—being nothing more than a flexible cartilage. The first figure of the annexed wood-cut represents a front view of the open mouth of one of the species of the Salmon family, and shows the position of the teeth. Those along the centre of the roof of the mouth above 1, are on the vomer; those on the sides above 2, are on the palate; those around 3 are the pharyngeal teeth ; those on the edge of the upper jaw, are the upper or super maxillaries; and, those on the edge of the lower jaw, the lower or inferior 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 Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877; Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Dies piscatoriae. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler ; London : Sampson, Low
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