. A manual of zoology. 404 MANUAL OF ZOOLOGY of the young are known, the most familiar being that of the male stickleback, which constructs a nest of weeds fastened together by a glutinous secretion of the kidneys, and jealously guards the developing young. In the sea-horse {Hippocampus, Fig. 243) and the pipe fish (Syngnathus) the young are developed in a pouch in the abdomen of the male. In Aspredo, one of the cat-fish tribe, the eggs are. Fig. 243. —Hippocampus (sea-horse). In P., the operculum is removed to show the gills, br. «/, branchial aperture; brd. p, brood-pouch; , dorsal fin; g
. A manual of zoology. 404 MANUAL OF ZOOLOGY of the young are known, the most familiar being that of the male stickleback, which constructs a nest of weeds fastened together by a glutinous secretion of the kidneys, and jealously guards the developing young. In the sea-horse {Hippocampus, Fig. 243) and the pipe fish (Syngnathus) the young are developed in a pouch in the abdomen of the male. In Aspredo, one of the cat-fish tribe, the eggs are. Fig. 243. —Hippocampus (sea-horse). In P., the operculum is removed to show the gills, br. «/, branchial aperture; brd. p, brood-pouch; , dorsal fin; g. gills; , pectoral fin. (From Claus and Glinther.) pressed into the soft spongy skin of the belly, and thus carried about by the parent. The ova, although containing a large proportional amount of yolk, are always small as compared with those of Elasmobranchs, never exceeding 5 to 10 mm. in diameter, and being usually much 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 Parker, T. Jeffery (Thomas Jeffery), 1850-1897; Haswell, William A. (William Aitcheson), 1854-1925. New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co. ,Ltd.
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