Fishes . Fig. 335.—Saun-, Scomhresox saurus (L.). Woods Hole. vegetable feeders, but with much smaller teeth, and the lowerjaw with a spear-like prolongation to which a bright-red mem-brane is usually attached. Of the halfbeaks there are severalgenera, all of the species swimming near the surface in schoolsand sometimes very swiftly. Some of them leap into the airand sail for a short distance like flying-fishes, with which groupthe halfl)eaks are connected by easy gradations. The com- Zr^^i^^.. V n^^ ?????? ? — - - Fig. 336—Halfbcak, lli/porlmnipltus unifasciatus (Ranzaiii). Chesapeake Hay. mo
Fishes . Fig. 335.—Saun-, Scomhresox saurus (L.). Woods Hole. vegetable feeders, but with much smaller teeth, and the lowerjaw with a spear-like prolongation to which a bright-red mem-brane is usually attached. Of the halfbeaks there are severalgenera, all of the species swimming near the surface in schoolsand sometimes very swiftly. Some of them leap into the airand sail for a short distance like flying-fishes, with which groupthe halfl)eaks are connected by easy gradations. The com- Zr^^i^^.. V n^^ ?????? ? — - - Fig. 336—Halfbcak, lli/porlmnipltus unifasciatus (Ranzaiii). Chesapeake Hay. monest species along our Atlantic coast is Hyporhamphus uni-fasciatus; a larger species, HcmirJiampJiiis brasilieiisis, aboundsabout the Florida Keys. Euleptorlianiphns longirostris, a ribbon-shaped elongate fish, with long jaw and long pectorals, is takenin the open sea, both in the Altantic and Pacific, being commonin Hawaii. The Asiatic genus Zoiarcliopterus is viviparous,. CO bb bO i-5 C-3 .5 w o. CD OT r- ri S^ rt o > -^ i~. 2 C a. ? ^ =^ o « c ^ •r H 1*3 C3 0) ^ c: -1 L. > 2 t- ^ r. rf r> ?*-• 430 Acanthopterygii; Synentognathi having the anal fin much modified in the male, forming anintromittent organ, as in the Piiciliidcp. One species occurs inthe river mouths in Samoa. The flying-fishes have both jaws short, and at least the
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