. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Series Plectognathi 415 acanthus jnodestus, with deep-blue fins and the ventral spine immovable. Another is Stephanolepis cirrhifer, known as Kawa- muki, or skin-peeler. Aliitcra iiuvioccros, and Osbcckia scripta, the unicorn fish, abound in the East Indies, with numerous others of less size and note. In the male of the Polynesian Amanses scopas (Fig. 347) the tail is armed with a brush of extraordinarily long needle-like spines. In StepJianolcpis spilosomns the caudal fin is of a brilliant scarlet color, contrasting with the usual dul
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Series Plectognathi 415 acanthus jnodestus, with deep-blue fins and the ventral spine immovable. Another is Stephanolepis cirrhifer, known as Kawa- muki, or skin-peeler. Aliitcra iiuvioccros, and Osbcckia scripta, the unicorn fish, abound in the East Indies, with numerous others of less size and note. In the male of the Polynesian Amanses scopas (Fig. 347) the tail is armed with a brush of extraordinarily long needle-like spines. In StepJianolcpis spilosomns the caudal fin is of a brilliant scarlet color, contrasting with the usual dull colors of these fishes. In Oxymonacanthns loiigirostris the body is blue with orange checker-like spots and the snout is produced in a long tube. About the islands of Polynesia, filefishes are relatively few, but some of them are very curious in form or color. The Spinacanthidae.—In the extinct family SpinacautJiidce the body is elongate, high in front and tapering behind. The. Fig. .348.—Common File fish, Stephanolepis hispidus (Linn;). Virginia. first dorsal has six or seven spines, and there are rough s])ines in the pectoral. The teeth are bluntly conical. Spinacaiiihns blennioides and 5. imperalis are found in the Eocene of Monte Bolca. These are probably the nearest to the original ances- tor among known scleroderms. The Trunkfishes: Ostraciidse.—The group Ostracodcrmi con- tains the single family of Ostraciidcc, the trunkfishes or cuck-. 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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