. Elementary zoology. Zoology. BRANCH CHORD AT A; CLASS PISCES: THE FISHES 283 orous fish, making up by their fecundity and their insig- nificance for their lack of defensive armature. In some species the male is adorned in the spring with bright pigment, red, black, blue, or milk-white. In some cases, too, it has bony warts or horns on its head or body. Such forms are known to the boys as horned dace. Most interesting to the angler are the fishes of the salmon and trout (fig. 115) family, because they are gamy,. Fig. 115.—The rainbow-trout, Sal/no (From specimen.) beautiful, excellen
. Elementary zoology. Zoology. BRANCH CHORD AT A; CLASS PISCES: THE FISHES 283 orous fish, making up by their fecundity and their insig- nificance for their lack of defensive armature. In some species the male is adorned in the spring with bright pigment, red, black, blue, or milk-white. In some cases, too, it has bony warts or horns on its head or body. Such forms are known to the boys as horned dace. Most interesting to the angler are the fishes of the salmon and trout (fig. 115) family, because they are gamy,. Fig. 115.—The rainbow-trout, Sal/no (From specimen.) beautiful, excellent as food and above all perhaps because they live in the swiftest and clearest waters in the most charming forests. The salmon live in the ocean most of their life, but ascend the rivers from the sea to deposit their eggs. The king salmon {Oncorhynchns tscJiawy- tscha) of the Columbia goes up the great river more than a thousand miles, taking the whole summer for it, and never feeding while in fresh water. Besides the different kinds of salmon, the black-spotted or true trout, the charr or red-spotted trout of various species, the whitefish (Coregonus), the grayling {Tliymallus signifer) and the famous ayu of Japan belong to this family. In the sea are multitudes of fish forms arranged in many families. The myriad species of eels agree in having no ventral fins and in having the long flexible body of the snake. Most of them live in the sea, but the single. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937. New York : H. Holt and company
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