. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 5i6 The Blennies: Blenniids has very long jaws, lined with small teeth. Zittel regards the family as allied to the BelonorhynchidcB, but the prolongation of the jaws may be a character of analogy merely. Woodward places it next to the BlenniidcB, supposing it to have small and jugular ventral fins. But as the presence of ventral fins is uncertain, the position of the family cannot be ascertained and it may really belong in the neighborhood of Ammodytes. The dorsal rays are figured by Woodward as simple. The Pataecidae, etc.—The Patcsci
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 5i6 The Blennies: Blenniids has very long jaws, lined with small teeth. Zittel regards the family as allied to the BelonorhynchidcB, but the prolongation of the jaws may be a character of analogy merely. Woodward places it next to the BlenniidcB, supposing it to have small and jugular ventral fins. But as the presence of ventral fins is uncertain, the position of the family cannot be ascertained and it may really belong in the neighborhood of Ammodytes. The dorsal rays are figured by Woodward as simple. The Pataecidae, etc.—The PatcscidcB are blenny-like fishes of Australia, having the form of Congriopus, the spinous dorsal being very high and inserted before the eyes, forming a Patacus fronto is not rare in South Australia. The Gnathanacanthida; is another small group of peculiar blennies from the Pacific. The AcanthodinidcB are small blennies of New Zealand with numerous spines in the anal fin. AcanthocUnus littoreus is the only known species. The Gadopsidae, etc.—The family of GadopsidcB of the rivers of New Zealand and southern Australia consists of a single species, Gadopsis marmoratus, resembling the scaly blennies called Clinus, but with long ventrals of a single ray, and three spines in the anal fin besides other peculiarities. The species is locally very common and with various other fishes in regions where true trout are unknown, it is called "; The CerdalidcB are small band-shaped blennies of the Pacific. Fig. 465.—Wrymouth, Cryptacanthodes maculatus. New York. coast of Panama. The slender dorsal spines pass gradually into soft rays. Three species are known. The wrymouths, or Cryptacanthodidw, are large blennies of the northern seas, with the mouth almost vertical and the. 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 resemb
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