. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Fig. 461.—Bryostemma otohime Jordan & Snyder. Hakodate, Japan. Family Blenniidce. The jaws have excessively long canines; there are no ventral fins. The dorsal fin is very high and the caudal ends in a long Fig. 462.—Quillfisli, Ptilichthys goodei Bean. Unalaska. The Blochiidae. — Of doubtful relationship is the extinct family of BlochiidcE. In this group the body is elongate, covered with keeled plates imbricated like shingles. The Fig. 463.—Blochius longirostris'Volta, restored. Upper Eocene of Monte Bolca. (After Woodwa


. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Fig. 461.—Bryostemma otohime Jordan & Snyder. Hakodate, Japan. Family Blenniidce. The jaws have excessively long canines; there are no ventral fins. The dorsal fin is very high and the caudal ends in a long Fig. 462.—Quillfisli, Ptilichthys goodei Bean. Unalaska. The Blochiidae. — Of doubtful relationship is the extinct family of BlochiidcE. In this group the body is elongate, covered with keeled plates imbricated like shingles. The Fig. 463.—Blochius longirostris'Volta, restored. Upper Eocene of Monte Bolca. (After Woodward.) dorsal is composed of many slender spines, and the vertebrae much elongate. In Blochius longirostris <Monte Bolca Eocene). 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt


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