A Natural History of the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Reptiles, and Insects, Volume 2C. and C. Whittingham, 1825 |
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Page 122
... gills , and are large and strong , and serve as well to balance the body as to assist the motion of the fish . The ventral fins are placed towards the lower part of the body , under the belly , and serve chiefly to raise or depress the ...
... gills , and are large and strong , and serve as well to balance the body as to assist the motion of the fish . The ventral fins are placed towards the lower part of the body , under the belly , and serve chiefly to raise or depress the ...
Page 124
... gills , and no ventral fins , as the Eels ; 2. Jugular , with bony gills , and ventral fins before the pectoral ones , as the Cod and Had- dock ; 3. Thoracic , with bony gills , and ventral fins placed directly under the throat , as the ...
... gills , and no ventral fins , as the Eels ; 2. Jugular , with bony gills , and ventral fins before the pectoral ones , as the Cod and Had- dock ; 3. Thoracic , with bony gills , and ventral fins placed directly under the throat , as the ...
Page 136
... gills , reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin , and ex- tending longitudinally from the interior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen , and within ...
... gills , reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin , and ex- tending longitudinally from the interior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage which divides the thorax from the abdomen , and within ...
Page 141
... gills on each side have sharp horny spurs on their edges tending backwards , from which it derives its latter name . The body is almost as wide as it is deep ; the under side is of a silverish colour , tinged with red ; the upper is of ...
... gills on each side have sharp horny spurs on their edges tending backwards , from which it derives its latter name . The body is almost as wide as it is deep ; the under side is of a silverish colour , tinged with red ; the upper is of ...
Page 142
... gills . The mouth is small ; the jaws are of an equal length , and fur- nished with small teeth ; the palate has a curved row of similar teeth in front , and the tongue has teeth all along ; it is short , fleshy , and hardly moveable ...
... gills . The mouth is small ; the jaws are of an equal length , and fur- nished with small teeth ; the palate has a curved row of similar teeth in front , and the tongue has teeth all along ; it is short , fleshy , and hardly moveable ...
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anal fins animal appears ash colour bait beautiful bill bird black spots blue body breast and belly breed brown caught chiefly claws coasts common covered crest CRESTED GREBE dark dorsal fin duck dusky edges England eyes feed female lays fish flesh flocks frequently Gannet gills goose gray green half hatched head holes inches in length inches long inhabits insects islands JACK SNIPE kind Lapwing lateral line lays four legs Lincolnshire lour male mandible membrane middle mouth native neck nest nostrils orange colour ounces pale pectoral fins placed plumage pounds prey quill feathers rays reddish resembles rivers round season seen seize seldom shell shores sides silvery skin slender sometimes species surface Surinam swallow Sword Fish tail teeth thick throat TITMOUSE tongue transverse trees tribe upper ventral fins weighs White Stork wings winter worms yellow young