. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. Trunk-Fish, Lactophrys camelinus, Dekay. THE name Plecto- gnatlii comes from the Greek plectos, twisted or conjoined, and gna- t/ios, jaw, and is given to fishes known as the Puffers, the Sun-fishes, etc. or the Diodontidae, and the Trunk-fishes or Ostraciontidse, all of which have the maxil- laries and premaxil- laries fixed together, and the whole united firmly by suture to FIG. Puffer, Telraodon turgidus, Mitchell. the cranium. The Puffers have the power of greatly inflating themselves by swallowing air, and hence their 12. Please note that
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. Trunk-Fish, Lactophrys camelinus, Dekay. THE name Plecto- gnatlii comes from the Greek plectos, twisted or conjoined, and gna- t/ios, jaw, and is given to fishes known as the Puffers, the Sun-fishes, etc. or the Diodontidae, and the Trunk-fishes or Ostraciontidse, all of which have the maxil- laries and premaxil- laries fixed together, and the whole united firmly by suture to FIG. Puffer, Telraodon turgidus, Mitchell. the cranium. The Puffers have the power of greatly inflating themselves by swallowing air, and hence their 12. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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