Fishes . Other abundant Polynesianspecies are Xaiitliiclitliys tineopmictatiis, Batistes vidua. Batistesbursa, and Batistes ftavoinars^inatus. The File-fishes: Monacanthidae.—Closely related to the Batis-tida are the Monacantliidce, known as filefishes, or foolfishes. Inthese the body is very lean and meager, the scales beingreduced to shagreen-like prickles. The ventral fins arereplaced by a single movable or immovable spine, which isoften absent, and the first dorsal fin is reduced to a single spinewith sometimes a rudiment behind it. The species are ingeneral smaller than the Balistidcc and
Fishes . Other abundant Polynesianspecies are Xaiitliiclitliys tineopmictatiis, Batistes vidua. Batistesbursa, and Batistes ftavoinars^inatus. The File-fishes: Monacanthidae.—Closely related to the Batis-tida are the Monacantliidce, known as filefishes, or foolfishes. Inthese the body is very lean and meager, the scales beingreduced to shagreen-like prickles. The ventral fins arereplaced by a single movable or immovable spine, which isoften absent, and the first dorsal fin is reduced to a single spinewith sometimes a rudiment behind it. The species are ingeneral smaller than the Balistidcc and usually but not alwaysdull in color. They have no economic value and are rarelyused as food, the dry flesh being bitter and offensive. Thespecies are numerous in tropical and temperate seas, althoughnone is found in Europe. On our Atlantic coast, Stephano- Series Plectognathi 625 lepis hispidus and Ceratacanthiis scluvpfi are common the West Indies are niimerous others, Osbeckia Icsvis and. ,<«v*^^ S,
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