Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology . elementarytextbo00kell Year: [c1915] 254 ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY their eyes in the normal position. But soon they begin to rest on the bottom and the eye on the lower side begins to migrate, so that in a little while both eyes are close together on the upper side of the head. Many species of flounders and soles are found along the shores of both oceans. They are largely used as food. The halibut occur on offshore banks in the northern part of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They reach a length of six to eight feet and a weight
Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology . elementarytextbo00kell Year: [c1915] 254 ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY their eyes in the normal position. But soon they begin to rest on the bottom and the eye on the lower side begins to migrate, so that in a little while both eyes are close together on the upper side of the head. Many species of flounders and soles are found along the shores of both oceans. They are largely used as food. The halibut occur on offshore banks in the northern part of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They reach a length of six to eight feet and a weight of 500 pounds or more. The halibut fisheries are very important, especially in the north Pacific. The young halibut, called ' chicken halibut,' are tender and of fine flavor, differing in this FIG. 116.—The winter flounder, Psendoplcuronectes americanus. (After Goode.) respect from most of the flat fishes which, although in great demand for food, do not have much flavor. With this brief review of only a few of the more important of the many hundreds of common food or game fishes we must leave the discussion of this sub-class without even a reference to the many strange and interesting fishes that occur in the fresh waters of other lands-and in other seas. Among the coral reefs that surround many of the tropical islands are to be found most beautifully colored fishes; in the greatest depths of the ocean are strange uncanny fish, some of which are provided with phosphorescent patches on their heads or on appendages, enabling them to see in the dark abysses. For the study of these
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