. The blood-vascular system of the Loricati, the mailcheeked fishes. Blood-vessels; Fishes. 40 ALLEN (Text-figs. I and 2, and PL VI, fig. 39 ; ) and an inner coat composed of muscle bands, the trabecuIcB carnce. (PI. VI, fig. 39; ). These muscle bands run in ever}^ direction, but mostly dorso-ventrad, and between these bands there are large blood cavities, which increase in size toward the central cavity,. Fig. I. the muscular layer becoming more and more compact toward the surface. The central cavity occupies a large portion of the auricle and is continued into the posterior lobes.

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. The blood-vascular system of the Loricati, the mailcheeked fishes. Blood-vessels; Fishes. 40 ALLEN (Text-figs. I and 2, and PL VI, fig. 39 ; ) and an inner coat composed of muscle bands, the trabecuIcB carnce. (PI. VI, fig. 39; ). These muscle bands run in ever}^ direction, but mostly dorso-ventrad, and between these bands there are large blood cavities, which increase in size toward the central cavity,. Fig. I. the muscular layer becoming more and more compact toward the surface. The central cavity occupies a large portion of the auricle and is continued into the posterior lobes. Penetrating the floor of the auricle, a little caudad of the center, is the auri- culo-ventriailar ofening (PI. VI, fig. 39; ), through. 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 Allen, William Fitch, 1875-. Washington, D. C. , The Academy

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