A treatise on zoology (1900) (14781192134)

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Title: A treatise on zoology

Year: 1900 (1900s)

Authors: Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929 Bather, Francis Arthur, 1863-1934 Goodrich, Edwin S. (Edwin Stephen), 1868-1946

Subjects: Zoology

Publisher: London : A. & C. Black

Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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I-IG. 400a.Derichthyf: serjjcyUinKS, Gill. (From Jordan and Evermaun.) Pacific, Mediterranean; and Eocene, Europe. Sinenchelys, Gill ; lUjofhys,Gilbert—deep-sea. Conger, Kp. ; Congromuraena, Kp. ; Uroconger, Kp. ;3Iyrus, Kp. ; OphirhthyA, Gthr. ; Moringua, Gray. 4o6 TELE OS TBI Family Nemichthyidae. Small and extraordinarily slender deep-sea eels with the anus near the head, and often the jaws produced intodelicate diverging points.

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c ^ oIII ;^ ft -5 (5, NemichthijA, Rich. ; Dysomma, Ale. ; Spinivomer, G. and II. ;Lahichthijs, G. and B. (Fig. 400) ; Guvialiceps, Ale. ; warm seas. Family Derichthyidae. Another small deep-sea eel with a snake-likeneck. The maxillae are fused to the skull. Derichthiis, Gill (Fig. 400a) ; Atlantic. ANGUILLIFORMES 407 Family Synaphobranchidae. Deep-sea forms in which the pterygo-palatine arch is lost, and the branchial openings are confluent below.There are small scales. Syncqyhobranchus, Johns. Family Saccopharyngidae. Extraordinarily modified deep-sea eelswith a much-reduced skeleton. The mouth is enormously enlarged, thepalato-quadrate arch incomplete, the hyomandibular very movable, andthe jaws greatly lengthened (Fig. 401, D). Mere loose rods represent thegill-arches, and the branchiostegals have been lost. A small flexible snout overhangs the mouth, and close behind it arethe small eyes. Saccopharynx, Mitch. (Fig.401,D); Eurypliarynx,Ya.\\\.; Mncropharynx,Br. ; Gastrostomns, G.

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