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g the Indo-Pacific region. They are usually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins.

One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.

A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish. And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling. Tennyson.

A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also conquetoon.

The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.

Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.

Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.

rnia to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws.

A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. -- Hy`per*ap`o*phys"i*al, a.

Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery. [Written also ileac.]

The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. [Written also ilion, and ileum.]

vory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.

olor is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut. [Written also kudu.]

A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.

ope and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.…

An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri.

itoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesoc, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc.

The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.

The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.

A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.