. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . ooks as if it had been artificially compressed, and is semi-transparent. Threespecies are known from the tropical Indo-Pacific and three from other seas; besides these arefour smaller and less perfectly armed forms, one of which, the , or Pellows-FISH,occurs rarely off the south coast of England. The Garpike and Flying-FISHES are both interesting, especially the latter. The garpikeis represented by several species, easily recognised by the long, pointed jaws. These fishesare furthermore peculiar inthat th
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . ooks as if it had been artificially compressed, and is semi-transparent. Threespecies are known from the tropical Indo-Pacific and three from other seas; besides these arefour smaller and less perfectly armed forms, one of which, the , or Pellows-FISH,occurs rarely off the south coast of England. The Garpike and Flying-FISHES are both interesting, especially the latter. The garpikeis represented by several species, easily recognised by the long, pointed jaws. These fishesare furthermore peculiar inthat the bones are green, acolour which remains evenafter cooking, and on thisaccount some object to eatingthem, supposing the unusualcolour to indicate unsound-ness. The elongated jaws arenot developed in the youngfish, and, strangely enough, asthis character is acquired, thelower jaw grows faster thanthe upper. In some speciesthe lower jaw remains perma-nently the longer; hence theyare known as The Flying-FISHES, , like theFlying-gurnards already. fhM b) IK Savillt-Krui, ] lMilf,rJ-c,:-i,. PIPE-FISH T^e Fluli-nniulh^ aj this Jiik is cjttn called^ is really a gigantic stickleback F L \ I N G - FIS H E S 235 ^^^-
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