Identifier: introductiontozo00dave Title: Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools; Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- Subjects: Zoology Publisher: New York, Macmillan company London, Macmillian and co., ltd. Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: FIG. 218. — Pholis, the rock eel. Right side. Nat. size. Photo, hy W. H. C. P. spines are slender. The fish swim near shore, in denseschools. One species on the Californian coast is known asa smelt, and is a good food fish. Text Appearing After Image: FIG. 219. — Gasterosteuspunyitius, the nine-spined stickleback; male (above)and female near the nest in rushes. The female is about to deposit its eggsin the nest. 238 ZOOLOGY The sticklebacks are small, elongated fishes, having anextremely slender tail and a large mouth. The dorsal finis preceded by two or more large isolated spines. Thefishes live in either fresh or brackish water. In some of Note About Images 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 work.