| Summary: | A Familiar History Of The British Fishes First series: osseous fishes. Order I: spinous-finned fishes (Acanthopterygii). Family of mailed cheeks -- Families of the maigres, the sea bream, and the mackerel -- Family of the taenioidae -- The mullet and goby families (Mugilidae and Gobioidoe) -- Family of the wrasses -- Second subdivision of osseous fishes. Order II: soft-finned fishes (Malacopterygii). Family of the carp -- Family of the pikes -- Family of the salmon and trout (Salmonidae) -- Order III: sub-brachial soft-finned fishes. Family of the codfish (Gadidae) -- Family of the flounders, called flat-fish -- Family of the suckers (Cyclopteridae) -- Family of the muraenidae -- Fifth order of bony fishes. Family of the pipe-fishes (Syngnathidae) -- Plectognathi -- Balistidae -- The cartilaginous fishes. Family of the sturgeons -- Family of the sharks -- Family of rays, or skates -- Family of the lampreys (Petromyzidae) "Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge"; Includes index
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