. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 534.—Rosefish, Sehastes marinus LinnEEus. Cape Cod. spines. The cranium shows only a trace of spiny ridges, and the five spines on the preoperculum are not very different from those seen in some species of bass. The gill-arches are, however, different, there being but 3-^- gills and no slit behind the Fig. 535.—Skull of Scorpwnichthys marmoratus Girard,showing the suborbital stay (a). Otherwise the mouth and pharanx show no unusual characters. In the extremes of the group, however, great changes take place, the head becomes greatly distorted with ridges and groove
. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 534.—Rosefish, Sehastes marinus LinnEEus. Cape Cod. spines. The cranium shows only a trace of spiny ridges, and the five spines on the preoperculum are not very different from those seen in some species of bass. The gill-arches are, however, different, there being but 3-^- gills and no slit behind the Fig. 535.—Skull of Scorpwnichthys marmoratus Girard,showing the suborbital stay (a). Otherwise the mouth and pharanx show no unusual characters. In the extremes of the group, however, great changes take place, the head becomes greatly distorted with ridges and grooves, the anal spines are lost, and the dorsal spines variously modified. The scales may be lost or replaced by warts or. 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 and Company
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