Fishes . Fig. 315 —Mad-toni, Schilbeodes furiosus Jordan and .Meek. Sho^ving the poisonedpectoral spine. Family Siluridas. Neuse River. Pelicans which have swallowed the catfish have been known todie of the wounds inflicted by the fishs spine. When the catfishwas first introduced into the Sacramento, according to Mr. WillS. Green, it caused the death of many of the native Sacra-mento perch (Archoplites interritptiis). This perch (or ratherbass) fed on the young catfish, and the latter erecting theirpectoral spines in turn caused the death of the perch by tear-ing the walls of its stomach. In l
Fishes . Fig. 315 —Mad-toni, Schilbeodes furiosus Jordan and .Meek. Sho^ving the poisonedpectoral spine. Family Siluridas. Neuse River. Pelicans which have swallowed the catfish have been known todie of the wounds inflicted by the fishs spine. When the catfishwas first introduced into the Sacramento, according to Mr. WillS. Green, it caused the death of many of the native Sacra-mento perch (Archoplites interritptiis). This perch (or ratherbass) fed on the young catfish, and the latter erecting theirpectoral spines in turn caused the death of the perch by tear-ing the walls of its stomach. In like manner the sharp dorsaland ventral spines of the sticklebacks have been known to causethe death of fishes who swallow them, and even of ducks. InPuget Sound the stickleback is often known as salmon-killer. 51 §2 Adaptations of Fishes Certain small catfishes known as stone-cats and mad-toms(Xottirtts, Schilbeodes), found in the rivers of the Southern andMiddle Western States, are provided with speci
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