Identifier: fourfeetwingsfin00mask (
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Four feet, wings, and finsYear:
1879 (
1870s)Authors:
Maskell, A. E. Anderson- MrsSubjects:
ZoologyPublisher:
Boston, D. Lothrop and CoContributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:I should think they might call it an angel-fishas well as a dragon-fish, or is it so very ugly ?said May. Not near so ugly as a fish that really bears thatname, said Grace. 450Text Appearing After Image:.y. 5AR3£Nr- The Pegasus Deagon (Pegams-draco). THE FISHING PARTY. Then there is really an angel-fish ? exclaimedMay, delightedly. Yes, one of the ugliest of fishes, and it cannotfly at all. Perhaps it gets its name from its gentle disposi-tion, suggested May. No; it is very fierce, voracious and dangerous.Nobody likes to approach it. It is longer than aman and weighs a hundred pounds. O dear! Then what do they call it an angel-fishfor ? asked May. Just a satire on its extreme ugliness I suppose;or it may be called that from its clumsy, awkward-shaped pectoral fins. It has another name whichmay be a little more appropriate, and that is monk-fish, from the supposed hooded resemblance to amonks head. It is a very singular-looking fishindeed. It belongs to the Sycralidce family, thesame as does the shark and sword-fish. I was reading in the morning paper to-day thatsharks were unusually thick this season along theAtlantic coast. Some little boys were bathing,when some fishermen came upNote 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.