Guide to the British Fresh-Water Fishes Exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S. W (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Guide to the British Fresh-Water Fishes Exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S. WThis family includes about twenty species from the coasts and rivers of all temperate regions, some of these feed in the sea, but all breed in fresh water.The Lampreys resemble Eels in form, but differ from them widely in structure, the most notable external differences from other fishes are that the mouth is surrounded by an expanded circular lip, the suctorial disc, which bears horny teeth, and that there is a series of seven small gill-openings on each Side. There are no jaws, but there is a very muscular protrusible tongue, also furnished with horny teeth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.