. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 264 Percomorphi crescent-shaped oar, without flesh, almost without scales, com- posed of btindles of rays flexible, yet almost as hard as ivory. A single sweep of this powerful oar doubtless suffices to propel the bonito a hvmdred yards, for the polished surfaces of its body can offer Httle resistance to the water. I have seen a common dolphin swimming round and round a steamship, advancing at the rate of twelve knots an hour, the effort being hardly perceptible. The wild duck is said to fly seventy miles in an hour. Who can calculate
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 264 Percomorphi crescent-shaped oar, without flesh, almost without scales, com- posed of btindles of rays flexible, yet almost as hard as ivory. A single sweep of this powerful oar doubtless suffices to propel the bonito a hvmdred yards, for the polished surfaces of its body can offer Httle resistance to the water. I have seen a common dolphin swimming round and round a steamship, advancing at the rate of twelve knots an hour, the effort being hardly perceptible. The wild duck is said to fly seventy miles in an hour. Who can calculate the speed of the bonito? It might be done by the aid of the electrical contrivances by which is calculated the initial velocity of a projectile. The bonitoes in our sounds to-day may have been passing Cape Colony or the Land of Fire day before ; Another bonito, Sarda chilensis, is common in California; in Chile, and in Japan. This species has fewer dorsal spines than the bonito of the Atlantic, but the same size, coloration, and flesh. Both are blue, with undulating black stripes along the side of the back. The genus Scomberomorns includes mackerels slenderer in form, with larger teeth, no corselet, and the flesh comparatively pale and free from oil. Scomberomorns uiaculatiis, the Spanish mackerel of the AA'est Indies, is one of the noblest of food-fishes. Its biography. Fig. 20s.—The Spanish Mackerel, Scomberomorns macu!af^^s (Mitchill). New York was written by Mitchill almost a century ago in these words: "A fine and beautiful fish; comes in ; Goode thus writes of it: "The Spanish mackerel is surely one of the most graceful. 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
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