. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . VOL. 1 v. pi. 22. 2 v. pi. 28. s The French terms are those used by Cuvicr in xxiu. B B 370 ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 249. between the villi form and radnliform types. Setiform teethare common in the Fishes thence called Chsetodonts ;x in the genus Citharina they bifurcate attheir free extremities; in the genusPlatax they end there in three di-verging points, and the cone heremerges into the long and slendercylinder, fig. 253. Sometimes the cone is compressedinto a trenchant blade : and this maybe pointed and recurved, as in theMi
. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . VOL. 1 v. pi. 22. 2 v. pi. 28. s The French terms are those used by Cuvicr in xxiu. B B 370 ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 249. between the villi form and radnliform types. Setiform teethare common in the Fishes thence called Chsetodonts ;x in the genus Citharina they bifurcate attheir free extremities; in the genusPlatax they end there in three di-verging points, and the cone heremerges into the long and slendercylinder, fig. 253. Sometimes the cone is compressedinto a trenchant blade : and this maybe pointed and recurved, as in theMil ram a ; or barbed, as in Trichiurus,jaws and teeth (xvUobcw. ancj some otlier Scomberoids ; or itmay be bent upon itself, like a tenterhook, as in the fishes thencecalled In the Bonito may be perceived a progressive thickening of the base of250 the conical teeth: and this being combined in otherpredatory fishes with in-creased size and recurveddirection, they then resem-ble the laniary or canineteeth of carnivorous quad-rupeds, as we see in thelarge teeth of the Pike, inthe Lophius, fig. 260, andin certain sharks, fig. anterior divergingTeeth of Tench, v. g
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