. Text book of vertebrate zoology. Vertebrates; Anatomy, Comparative. 266 CLASSIFICATIOX OF VERTEBRATES. -ventrals jugular ; scales cycloid or wanting. A single family, Batrachid>e, mostly from warmer seas. Batrachus, toad-fish; Thalassophryne, poison toad-fish. Porichthys, midshipman, of Pacific coast, with numerous dermal organs, in structure resembling phosphorescent organs, but not lumirous. ORDER VII. PEDICULATI. Pectorals broad, suspended by an ' arm' formed by the elongation of the basilar bones ; head and anterior part of body very large, without scales; spinous dorsal far forward,
. Text book of vertebrate zoology. Vertebrates; Anatomy, Comparative. 266 CLASSIFICATIOX OF VERTEBRATES. -ventrals jugular ; scales cycloid or wanting. A single family, Batrachid>e, mostly from warmer seas. Batrachus, toad-fish; Thalassophryne, poison toad-fish. Porichthys, midshipman, of Pacific coast, with numerous dermal organs, in structure resembling phosphorescent organs, but not lumirous. ORDER VII. PEDICULATI. Pectorals broad, suspended by an ' arm' formed by the elongation of the basilar bones ; head and anterior part of body very large, without scales; spinous dorsal far forward, the spines often like tentacles; gill opening a small foramen in or near the axilla; ventrals jugular. The most specialized of fishes, with possibly an haplodocan ancestry. LophiiDjE, large mouth; strong teeth; ventrals present. Lopkius, angler or goose-fish ; the genus dates from the eocene. Axte^-xariid^. pectorals bent at an elbow-like angle; ventrals jugular; Pterophryne, in gulf-weed. Antenuarius. MalthiDjE, mouth small, usually inferior. Malthe, sea-bats. ORDER VIII. PLECTOGXATHI. Bones of upper and lower jaws each co-ossified; post- temporal simple ; ventrals reduced or wanting ; gills pectinate; gill opening narrow, just in front of pectorals; spinous dorsal small or wanting. The plectognaths have arisen from near the squamipinnes (above), the teuthids being very near the trigger Fig. -67. Swell-fish, ChiiomycUrus geometricus^ zit^T Gooie. SCLERODERMI, jaws with distinct teeth : spinous dorsal present: body â with scales or movable plates. Balistes, file-fish or trigger-fish; Mima- Ciinthiis, file-fishes; Acanthoderma. eocene; A biter a, unicorn-fish. Os- TRACODERMi, jaws with distinct teeth; body enc'iosed in a three, four, 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 Kingsley, J. S
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