. Elementary zoology. Zoology. 284 ELEMENTARY ZOOLOGY genus {Anguilla) or true eel which ascends the rivers is exceedingly abundant and widely distributed. Most eels are extremely voracious, but some of them have mouths that would barely admit a pin-head. The codfish (Gadus callarias) is a creature of little beauty but of great useful- ness, swarming in all arctic and subarctic seas. The. Fig. 116.—The winter flounder, Pseadopleuronectes americanus. (After Goode.) herring {Clupea Jiarengns), soft and weak in body, are more numerous in individuals than any other fishes. The flounders (fig. 116)
. Elementary zoology. Zoology. 284 ELEMENTARY ZOOLOGY genus {Anguilla) or true eel which ascends the rivers is exceedingly abundant and widely distributed. Most eels are extremely voracious, but some of them have mouths that would barely admit a pin-head. The codfish (Gadus callarias) is a creature of little beauty but of great useful- ness, swarming in all arctic and subarctic seas. The. Fig. 116.—The winter flounder, Pseadopleuronectes americanus. (After Goode.) herring {Clupea Jiarengns), soft and weak in body, are more numerous in individuals than any other fishes. The flounders (fig. 116) of many kinds lie flat on the sea- bottom. They have the head so twisted that the two eyes occur both together on the uppermost side. The members of the great mackerel tribe swim in the open sea, often in great schools. Largest and swiftest of these is the sword-fish (XipJiias gladius), in which the whole upper jaw is grown together to form a long bony sword, a weapon of offence that can pierce the wooden bottom of a boat. Many of the ocean fishes are of strange form and ap- pearance. The sea-horses {Hippocampus sp.) (fig. 117) are odd fishes covered with a bony shell and with the head having the physiognomy of that of a horse. They are little fishes rarely a foot long, and cling by their. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937. New York : H. Holt and company
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