A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)Jordan, David Starr
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A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)
Jordan, David Starr
Fishes; Fishes -- Bibliography; Zoology -- History
17. Hyomandibular.
18. Symplectic.
19. Quadrate.
20. Pterygoid.
21. Palatine.
22. Mesopterygoid.
23. Metapterygoid.
24. Preopercle.
25. Opercle.
26. Subopercle.
27. Interopercle.
28. Articular.
29. Angular.
30. Dentary.
31. Maxillary.
32. Premaxillary.
33. Interhyal.
34. Epihyal.
35. Ceratohyal
36. Basihyal.
37. Glossohyal.
38. Urohyal.
39. Branchiostegal.
49. Preorbital.
50. Suborbital.
51. Nasal.
52. Supratemporal.
53. Post-temporal.
54. Supraclavicle.
55. Clavicle.
56. Postclavicle.
57. Hypercoracoid.
58. Hypocoracoid.
60. Actinosts.
61. Pectoral fin.
62. Pelvic girdle.
63. Ventral fin.]
The upper jaw of the shark is formed from the anterior portion of the
palatine bones, which are not separate from the quadrate, the whole
forming the palato-quadrate apparatus. In the himæra and the dipnoans
this apparatus is solidly united with the cranium. In these fishes the
true upper jaw, formed of maxillary and premaxillary, is wanting.
[Illustration: FIG. 27.--Lower jaw of _Amia calva_ (Linnæus), showing
the gular plate.]
_The Lower Jaw._--The lower jaw or mandible is also complex, consisting
of two divisions or rami, right and left, joined in front by a suture.
The anterior part of each ramus is formed by the _dentary bone_ (30),
which carries the teeth. Behind this is the _articular bone_ (28),
which is connected by a joint to the _quadrate bone_ (19). At the lower
angle of the articular bone is the small _angular bone_ (29). In many
cases another small bone, which is called _splenial_, may be found
attached to the inner surface of the articular bone. This little bone
has been called coronoid, but it is doubtless not homologous with the
coronoid bone of reptiles. In a few fishes, _Amia_, _Elopidæ_, and
certain fossil dipnoans, there is a bony gular plate, a membrane bone
across the throat behind the chin on the lower jaw.
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