The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideHafner Publishing Company, 1962 |
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Page 429
... marine fishes , with elongate sub - cylindrical bodies covered with small cycloid scales . " DISTRIBUTION . The warm and tropical seas of the globe . FAMILY 15. - TRICHIURIDÆ . ( 7 Genera , 18 Species . ) " Marine fishes , with elongate ...
... marine fishes , with elongate sub - cylindrical bodies covered with small cycloid scales . " DISTRIBUTION . The warm and tropical seas of the globe . FAMILY 15. - TRICHIURIDÆ . ( 7 Genera , 18 Species . ) " Marine fishes , with elongate ...
Page 435
... marine fishes , with oblong compressed bodies , cycloid scales , and small mouths , often without teeth . " DISTRIBUTION . - Coasts and fresh waters of all temperate and tropical regions . Mugil ( 66 sp . ) is mostly marine , and is ...
... marine fishes , with oblong compressed bodies , cycloid scales , and small mouths , often without teeth . " DISTRIBUTION . - Coasts and fresh waters of all temperate and tropical regions . Mugil ( 66 sp . ) is mostly marine , and is ...
Page 456
... marine . Anguilla and Conger are the only British genera . FAMILY 87 - PEGASIDE . ( 1 Genus , 4 Species . ) " Small marine fishes , covered with bony plates , and short opposite dorsal and anal fins . " DISTRIBUTION . - Indian Ocean and ...
... marine . Anguilla and Conger are the only British genera . FAMILY 87 - PEGASIDE . ( 1 Genus , 4 Species . ) " Small marine fishes , covered with bony plates , and short opposite dorsal and anal fins . " DISTRIBUTION . - Indian Ocean and ...
Contents
General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region p 5Distinctive Charac | 15 |
Past History of the Neotropical Region p 80Table I Families of Animals | 91 |
THE NEARCTIC REGION | 113 |
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