. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. 194 THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. individual of Callorhynchus shares with Chimtera the possession of a peculiar hinged spinous process, which is developed from the centre of the forehead. The true significance of this peculiar organ has never, as yet, been satisfactorily determined. The writer is disposed, however, from an examination of it in living fish, to l^eHeve that it is employed during the mating season as a grasping organ. The slender cartilaginous proboscis of the female of Callorhynchus, or the whip-like tail of that of Chimsera, furnis
. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. 194 THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. individual of Callorhynchus shares with Chimtera the possession of a peculiar hinged spinous process, which is developed from the centre of the forehead. The true significance of this peculiar organ has never, as yet, been satisfactorily determined. The writer is disposed, however, from an examination of it in living fish, to l^eHeve that it is employed during the mating season as a grasping organ. The slender cartilaginous proboscis of the female of Callorhynchus, or the whip-like tail of that of Chimsera, furnish, in either instance, fulchra which can be tenaciously grasped ^by the organ in TI". Hunllr-Keiit, Fhof,, POKT JACKSON SHAKK, Cestvaiio)! J'lnlltp'l^ J). 192, ONE-TEXTH yATl'RAL 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 Kent, W. Saville (William Saville), d. 1908. London, Chapman & Hall
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