. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 283.—Oymnothorax jnrdani (Everniann A- iiarth). Family Muramidw. Puerto R,ico. fishes, but united by suture and soldered to the cranium. As in true eels, the shoulder-girdle is remote from the skull. The. Fig. 284.—Moray, C!ipnniilhnrnx inoringa Bloch. Family HTuro'iiidm. Tortiifjas. head is set on a snake-like neck. The single species representing the family DencJithyidcB was found in the abysmal depths of the Gulf Stream. Order Lyomeri, or Gulpers.—Still more aberrent and in many respects extraordinary are the eels of the order or suborder Lyomeri {\v6i, loose; jApni,
. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 283.—Oymnothorax jnrdani (Everniann A- iiarth). Family Muramidw. Puerto R,ico. fishes, but united by suture and soldered to the cranium. As in true eels, the shoulder-girdle is remote from the skull. The. Fig. 284.—Moray, C!ipnniilhnrnx inoringa Bloch. Family HTuro'iiidm. Tortiifjas. head is set on a snake-like neck. The single species representing the family DencJithyidcB was found in the abysmal depths of the Gulf Stream. Order Lyomeri, or Gulpers.—Still more aberrent and in many respects extraordinary are the eels of the order or suborder Lyomeri {\v6i, loose; jApni, part), known as "; These are degenerate forms, possibly degraded from some con- ger-like type, but characterized by an extreme looseness of structure unique among fishes. The gill-arches are reduced to five small bars of bone, not attached to the skull, the pala- topterygoid arch is wholly wanting, the premaxillaries are. 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 and Company
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