This sense is, however, evidently very acute, for at any noise they turn suddenly downward, and hide beneath stones, etc., on the bottom. They must take much of their food near the surface, as the life of the depths is apparently very sparse. This habit... Nature - Page 242edited by - 1872Full view - About this book
| Alpheus Spring Packard, Frederic Ward Putnam - 1879 - 84 pages
...evidently very acute, for at any noise they turn suddenly downward, and hide beneath stones, ete., on the bottom. They must take much of their food near...viviparous Cyprinodontes. In three female specimens of Am. blyopsis which I have opened, the ovary was distended with large eggs, but no signs of the embryo... | |
| David Starr Jordan - 1888 - 400 pages
...near the surface, as the life of the depths is apparently very sparse. This habit is rendered very easy by the structure of the fish, for the mouth is...above, thus allowing the mouth to be at the surface." (Cope.) 86. TYFHLICHTHYS Girard. (rv<t>\6s, blind ; Ix0vs, fish.) 197. T. aubterranens Girard. General... | |
| Richard Lydekker - 1901 - 330 pages
...structure of the fish, for the mouth is KENTUCKY BLINDFISH. (Natural size.) directed partly upward, and the head is very flat above, thus allowing the mouth to be at the surface. It thus takes food with less difficulty than other surface feeders, as the perch, where the mouth is... | |
| Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - 1879 - 566 pages
...sparse. This habit is rendered easy by the structure of the fish, for the mouth is directed partly upwards, and the head is very flat above, thus allowing the mouth to be at the surface. It thus takes food with less difficulty than other surface feeders, as the perch, etc., where the mouth... | |
| 1871 - 502 pages
...evidently very acute ; for at any noise they turn suddenly downward and hide beneath stones &c. on the bottom. They must take much of their food near...above, thus allowing the mouth to be at the surface. This structure also probably explains the fact of its being the sole representative of the fishes in... | |
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