. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 7X4 TELEOSTEI pressed; no scales. A short dorsal fin, without spines, situated above the pectorals; a long anal fin, continuous'with the caudal. FiH. 431.—Pectoral arcli oi Podateles indicus. d, Clavicle ; cor, coracoid ; pelv, pelvis ; ptr, pterygial; ptte, post-temporal; sc, scapula ; scl, supraclavicle. The genus Podateles {Ateleopus) comprises only two species from the deep sea, one from Japan and one from India. Division IX.—TAENIOSOMI. Exceedingly compressed, more or less elongate, often ribbon- like fishes of doubtful affinities, probably
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 7X4 TELEOSTEI pressed; no scales. A short dorsal fin, without spines, situated above the pectorals; a long anal fin, continuous'with the caudal. FiH. 431.—Pectoral arcli oi Podateles indicus. d, Clavicle ; cor, coracoid ; pelv, pelvis ; ptr, pterygial; ptte, post-temporal; sc, scapula ; scl, supraclavicle. The genus Podateles {Ateleopus) comprises only two species from the deep sea, one from Japan and one from India. Division IX.—TAENIOSOMI. Exceedingly compressed, more or less elongate, often ribbon- like fishes of doubtful affinities, probably related to the earlier Acanthopterygians, the ventral fins, when well developed, com- prising as many as 7 to 9 rays. Dorsal fin extending from the head to the end of the tail; its rays simple (separable into lateral halves), the anterior often prolonged; anal fin very short or absent. Pectoral fin with horizontal or nearly horizontal base, the rays supported by the scapula and by three short pterygials, all three, or two at least, of which are related to the coracoid. Kibs small and slender, or absent. Post-temporal simple and solidly attached to the skull. Scales minute or absent. Deep-sea or pelagic fishes from the Atlantic and Mediterranean and from the Pacific; the life-histories are still very imperfectly known, and great changes of form take place with growth. Only two ' ' On the general structure, anatomy, and metamorphoses, cf. L, Powell, Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. ii. 1878, p. 269 ; Emery, Atti Ace. Lined, iii. 1879, p. 390 ; Liitken, Vid. Meddcl. 1881, p. 190, and Overs. Vid. Sclsk. SJcr. 1882, Suppl. p. 21 ; Collett, Fork. Vid. Selsk. Christ. 1883, No. 16 ; T. J. Parker, Tr. Z. S. xii. 1886, p. 5 ; Smitt, Bih. Foren. Fork. i. 1889, p. 17 ; A. Meek, Stud. Mus. Univ. Coll. Dundee, i. 1890, No. vi. ; F. Mazza, Int. Monatsehr. Anat. xviii. 1901, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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