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Chapter 2 Measurement, Problem Solving, and the Mole Concept

2.1 Multiple Choice Questions

1) What mass (in mg) does 2.63 moles of nickel have?

A) 44.8 mg
B) 2.23 × 104 mg
C) 129 mg
D) 3.56 × 105 mg
E) 1.54 × 105 mg
Answer: E
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2) How many moles of Kr are contained in 398 mg of Kr?

A) 4.75 × 10-3 moles Kr
B) 33.4 moles Kr
C) 2.11 × 10-4 moles Kr
D) 2.99 × 10-3 moles Kr
E) 1.19 × 10-4 moles Kr
Answer: A
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3) How many moles of Cs are contained in 595 kg of Cs?

A) 2.23 × 102 moles Cs
B) 4.48 × 103 moles Cs
C) 7.91 × 104 moles Cs
D) 1.26 × 103 moles Cs
E) 5.39 × 102 moles Cs
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4) How many iron atoms are contained in 354 g of iron?
A) 2.62 × 1025 Fe atoms
B) 2.13 × 1026 Fe atoms
C) 4.69 × 1024 Fe atoms
D) 3.82 × 1024 Fe atoms
E) 9.50 × 1022 Fe atoms
Answer: D
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5) How many phosphorus atoms are contained in 158 kg of phosphorus?

A) 3.07 × 1027 phosphorus atoms
B) 2.95 × 1027 phosphorus atoms
C) 3.25 × 1028 phosphorus atoms
D) 1.18 × 1024 phosphorus atoms
E) 8.47 × 1024 phosphorus atoms
Answer: A
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6) Calculate the mass (in kg) of 4.87 × 1025 atoms of Zn.

A) 5.29 kg
B) 1.89 kg
C) 8.09 kg
D) 1.24 kg
E) 1.09 kg
Answer: A
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7) Calculate the mass (in ng) of 2.33 × 1020 atoms of oxygen.

A) 6.19 × 106 ng
B) 1.62 × 107 ng
C) 2.25 × 103 ng
D) 3.73 × 106 ng
E) 4.69 × 107 ng
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8) How many xenon atoms are contained in 2.36 moles of xenon?
A) 3.92 × 1024 xenon atoms
B) 2.55 × 1023 xenon atoms
C) 1.42 × 1024 xenon atoms
D) 7.91 × 1025 xenon atoms
E) 1.87 × 1026 xenon atoms
Answer: C
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9) How many argon atoms are contained in 7.66 × 105 mmol of argon?
A) 4.61 × 1026 Ar atoms
B) 1.84 × 1028 Ar atoms
C) 1.15 × 1028 Ar atoms
D) 7.86 × 1020 Ar atoms
E) 3.24 × 1026 Ar atoms
Answer: A
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10) Determine the density of an object that has a mass of 149.8 g and displaces 12.1 mL of water
when placed in a graduated cylinder.
A) 8.08 g/mL
B) 1.38 g/mL
C) 12.4 g/mL
D) 18.1 g/mL
E) 11.4 g/mL
Answer: C
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11) Determine the volume of an object that has a mass of 455.6 g and a density of 19.3 g/cm3.
A) 87.9 mL
B) 42.4 mL
C) 18.5 mL
D) 23.6 mL
E) 31.2 mL
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 AN INTRODUCTION
TO THE

STUDY OF FISHES
BY

ALBERT C. L. G. GÜNTHER
M.A. M.D. Ph.D. F.R.S.
KEEPER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Carpit aquas pinnis.

EDINBURGH
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1880

[All rights reserved.]

Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
 PREFACE.

The scope of the present work is to give in a concise form an

account of the principal facts relating to the structure, classification,
and life-history of Fishes. It is intended to meet the requirements of
those who are desirous of studying the elements of Ichthyology; to
serve as a book of reference to zoologists generally; and, finally, to
supply those who, like travellers, have frequent opportunities of
observing fishes, with a ready means of obtaining information. The
article on “Ichthyology,” prepared by the late Sir J. Richardson for the
eighth edition of the “Encyclopædia Britannica,” is the only
publication which has hitherto partly satisfied such requirements; and
when I undertook, some years ago, to revise, or rather rewrite that
article for the new edition of that work, it occurred to me that I might
at the same time prepare a Handbook of Ichthyology, whilst
reserving for the article an abstract so condensed as to be adapted
for the wants of the general reader.
From the general plan of the work I have only departed in those
chapters which deal with the Geographical Distribution of Fishes.
This is a subject which has never before been treated in a general
and comprehensive manner, and seemed to demand particular
attention. I have, therefore, thought it right to give nominal lists of the
Faunæ, and the other details of fact on which I have based my
conclusions, although all the necessary materials may be found in
my “Catalogue of Fishes.”
A few references only to the numerous sources which were
consulted on the subjects of Chapters 1–12, are inserted in the text;
more not required by the beginner; he is introduced to a merely
elementary knowledge of facts well known to the advanced student.
With regard to the illustrations, about twenty have been prepared
after originals published by Cuvier, J. Müller, Owen, Traquair,
Duméril, Cunningham, Hasse, Poey, Siebold, and Gegenbaur. A
similar number, representing extinct fishes, have been taken, with
the kind permission of the author, from Owen’s “Palæontology.” My
best thanks are due also to the Committee of Publications of the
Zoological Society, and to the Editors of the “Annals and Magazine
of Natural History,” and of the “Journal des Museum Godeffroy,” for
the loan of woodcuts illustrating some of my papers on South
American fishes and on larval forms. The remainder of the
illustrations (about three-fourths) are either original figures, or formed
part of the article on ‘Ichthyology’ in the former edition of the
“Encyclopædia Britannica.”
London, 3d October 1880.
 CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
PAGE
Fish defined—Ichthyology defined 1

CHAPTER I.
History and Literature 2
Aristotle, 2—Belon, 4—Salviani, 6—Rondelet, 6—Faunists and
Anatomists of the Seventeenth Century, 7—Ray and Willughby, 8—
Artedi, 9—Linnæus, 10—Gronow and Klein, 12—Pupils and
Successors of Linnæus, 12—Bloch, 13—Lacépède, 15—Anatomists
and Faunists preceding Cuvier, 16—Cuvier, 17—Agassiz, 20—J.
Müller, 22—Discovery of Ceratodus, 25—Recent publications on
Fishes, 26—Latest systematic works, 33.

CHAPTER II.
Topographical description of the External Parts of Fishes 35
Form of the body, 35—External parts of the head, 36—Trunk and Tail, 39
—Fins; their structure, position, and function, 40—Skin and Scales, 45.

CHAPTER III.
Terminology and Topography of the Skeleton 51
Axial portion, 51—Vertebra and its parts; terms defined, 51—Skull; bones
topographically enumerated, 53—Bones of the limbs, 59—Synonymic
list of bones, 59.

CHAPTER IV.
Modifications of the Skeleton 63
Branchiostoma, 63—Cyclostomes, 64—Chondropterygians, 66—
Holocephali, 70—Ganoids, 71—Dipnoi, 71—Chondrostei, 74—
Polypteroidei, 77—Lepidosteoidei, 80—Amioidei, 82—Teleostei, 83—
Classification of the bones of the Teleosteous skull according to the
vertebral doctrine, 85—their morphological classification, 86—Limb-
bones of Teleosteans, 92.

CHAPTER V.
Myology 93
 General arrangement of the Muscles, 93—Electric organs, 94.

CHAPTER VI.
Neurology 96
Of Branchiostoma, 96—Spinal chord, 96—Brain, its size, 97—Brain of
Osseous fishes, 97—of Ganoids, 98—of Chondropterygians, 100—of
Cyclostomes, 101—Spino-cerebral nerves, 103—Spinal nerves, 107—
Sympathic system, 108.

CHAPTER VII.
The Organs of Sense 109
Smell, 109—Sight, 111—Hearing; connection of the ear with the air-
bladder, 116—Taste, 119—Touch, 120.

CHAPTER VIII.
The Organs of Nutrition and Digestion 121
Food and mode of feeding, 121—Buccal and abdominal cavities and their
openings, 123—Mouth and tongue, 123—Forms, texture, and
arrangement of teeth, 124—Intestinal tract, 127—Liver, 132—
Pancreas, 133—Spleen, 133.

CHAPTER IX.
Organs of Respiration 135
Respiration, 135—Structure and arrangement of the gills, 136—
Pseudobranchiæ, 140—Accessory respiratory organs, 142—Air-
bladder; its varieties, structure, and functions, 142.

CHAPTER X.
Organs of Circulation 150

CHAPTER XI.
Urinary Organs 155

CHAPTER XII.
Organs of Reproduction 157
Fishes are dioecious, 157—Hermaphroditism, 157—Oviparous and
viviparous fishes, 157—Generative organs of Branchiostoma, 157—of
Cyclostomes; their ova, 158—Female organs of Teleosteans and their
ova, 158—Instances of females taking care of their progeny, 160—
Male organs of Teleosteans, 162—Instances of males taking care of
 their progeny, 163—Generative organs of Ganoids, 163—of
Chondropterygians and their ova, 166.

CHAPTER XIII.
Growth and Variation of Fishes 170
Changes of form of the body or certain parts, normally accompanying
growth, 170—Changes dependent on sexual development, 176—
Secondary sexual differences, 176—Mixogamous, polygamous, and
monogamous fishes, 177—Hybridism as a cause of variation, 178—
Regular and irregular growth of fishes, 178—Leptocephali not a normal
state of development, 179—Changes of colour of the muscles and
external parts; chromatophors, 182—Albinism, 183.

CHAPTER XIV.
Domesticated and Acclimatised Fishes, etc. 185
Domesticated fishes, 185—Acclimatisation of fishes, 185—Artificial
impregnation of ova, 186—Tenacity of life, 186—Reproduction of lost
parts, 188—Hybernation, 188—Useful fishes, 189—Poisonous fishes,
189—Poison-organs, 190.

CHAPTER XV.
Distribution of Fishes in time 193
Oldest fish-remains, 193—Devonian fishes, 194—Carboniferous, 196—
Permian, 197—Triassic, 197—Liassic, 198—Oolitic, 199—Cretaceous,
199—Tertiary, 200—Post-pliocene, 201.

CHAPTER XVI.
The Distribution of existing Fishes over the Earth’s Surface.—
General Remarks 202
Freshwater-, Marine-, and Brackish-water Fishes, 202—Changes of the
habitat of numerous fishes, active, 203—or dependent on geological
changes, 204—Agencies operating upon the distribution of Freshwater
and Marine fishes, 205.

CHAPTER XVII.
The Distribution of Freshwater Fishes 208
List of Freshwater Fishes, 208—Continuous and interrupted range of
distribution, 209—The ways of dispersal of Freshwater fishes, 211—A
wide range of a type is not necessarily proof of its antiquity, 212—Each
fauna is composed of ancient, autochthont, and immigrant species, 213
—Division of the globe into zoological regions; freshwater fishes have
 been spread in circumpolar zones, 215—Cyprinidæ and Siluridæ, most
important families in recognising the zoo-geographical regions, 216—
Division of the faunæ of Freshwater fishes, 217—I. Equatorial Zone,
218—Indian Region, 220—African Region, 227—Tropical American or
Neotropical Region, 233—Tropical Pacific Region, 238—II. Northern
Zone, 240—Europe-Asiatic or Palæarctic Region, 243—North
American or Nearctic Region, 246—III. Southern Zone, with
Tasmanian, New Zealand, and Fuegian Sub-regions, 248.

CHAPTER XVIII.
The Fishes of the Brackish Water 251

CHAPTER XIX.
The Distribution of Marine Fishes 255
Shore-fishes, Pelagic, and Deep-sea fishes, 255—List of Shore-fishes,
257—Oceanic areæ as determined by Shore-fishes, 259—Distribution
of Shore-fishes compared with that of Freshwater-fishes, 260—I. Arctic
Ocean, 261—II. Northern Temperate Zone, 262—Temperate North-
Atlantic, 262—with British, 263—Mediterranean, 264—and North
American districts, 266—Temperate North-Pacific, 268—with
Kamtschatkan, 269—Japanese, 270—and Californian districts, 271—
III. Equatorial Zone, 272—with Tropical Atlantic, 278—Indo-Pacific
Ocean, 278—and the Pacific Coasts of Tropical America, 279—IV.
Southern Temperate Zone, 281—with the Cape of Good Hope, 283—
South Australia and New Zealand, 283—Chile, 288—and Patagonia,
289—V. Antarctic Ocean, 289.

CHAPTER XX.
Distribution of Pelagic Fishes 292

CHAPTER XXI.
The Fishes of the Deep Sea 296
Deep-sea fishes a recent discovery, 296—Physical conditions affecting
these fishes, 297—Characteristics of Deep-sea fishes, 299—Their
vertical and horizontal distribution, 304—List of Deep-sea fishes, 305.
 SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART.

First Sub-class—Palæichthyes.
PAGE
First Order—Chondropterygii 313
I. Plagiostomata 313
A. Selachoidei—Sharks 314
Families: Carchariidæ (Blue Shark, Tope, Hammerhead, Hound),
316—Lamnidæ (Porbeagle, Carcharodon, Fox-Shark, Basking-
Shark), 319—Rhinodontidæ, 323—Notidanidæ, 324—Scylliidæ
(Dog-fishes), 325— Hybodontidæ, 328—Cestraciontidæ (Port
Jackson Shark), 328—Spinacidæ (Spiny Dogs, Greenland
Shark), 330—Rhinidæ, 334—Pristiophoridæ, 335.
B. Batoidei—Rays 335
Families: Pristidæ (Saw-fishes), 336—Rhinobatidæ, 337—
Torpedinidæ (Electric Rays), 338—Rajidæ (Rays and Skates),
340—Trygonidæ (Sting Rays), 342—Myliobatidæ (Eagle Rays),
344.
II. Holocephala 348
Family: Chimæridæ, 348.
Second Order—Ganoidei 350
I. Placodermi 351
II. Acanthodini 355
III. Dipnoi 355
Families: Sirenidæ (Lepidosiren, Protopterus, Ceratodus), 355—
Ctenododipteridæ, 359—Phaneropleuridæ, 360.
IV. Chondrostei 360
Families: Acipenseridæ (Sturgeons), 360—Polyodontidæ, 362.
V. Polypteroidei 363
Families: Polypteridæ, 364—Saurodipteridæ, 365—
Coelacanthidæ, 365—Holoptychidæ, 365.
VI. Pycnodontoidei 366
Families: Pleurolepidæ, 366—Pycnodontidæ, 366.
VII. Lepidosteoidei 367
Families: Lepidosteidæ, 367—Sauridæ, 368—Stylodontidæ, 368
—Sphærodontidæ, 368—Aspidorhynchidæ, 369—
Palæoniscidæ, 369—Platysomidæ, 370.
VIII. Amioidei 370
Families: Caturidæ, 371—Leptolepidæ, 371—Amiidæ (Bow-fin),
 371.
Second Sub-class—Teleostei.
First Order—Acanthopterygii 374
I. A. perciformes 374
Families: Percidæ (Freshwater-Perches, Bass, Sea-Perches,
Centrarchus), 375—Squamipinnes (Coral-Fishes), 397—
Mullidæ (Red-Mullets), 403—Sparidæ (Sea-breams), 405—
Hoplognathidæ, 410—Cirrhitidæ, 410—Scorpænidæ, 412—
Nandidæ, 418—Polycentridæ, 418—Teuthididæ, 418.
II. A. beryciformes 419
Family: Berycidæ, 420.
III. A. kurtiformes 424
Family: Kurtidæ, 424.
IV. A. polynemiformes 425
Family: Polynemidæ, 425.
V. A. sciæniformes 426
Family: Sciænidæ (Meagres), 426.
VI. A. xiphiiformes 431
Family: Xiphiidæ (Sword-fishes), 431.
VII. A. trichiuriformes 433
Families: Trichiuridæ (Scabbard-fishes, Hairtails), 433—
Palæorhynchidæ, 437.
VIII. A. cotto-scombriformes 438
Families: Acronuridæ (Surgeons), 438—Carangidæ (Horse-
Mackerels, Pilot-fish, Boar-fish), 440—Cyttidæ (John Dorey),
450—Stromateidæ, 452—Coryphænidæ (Dolphin, Sun-fish),
452—Nomeidæ, 455—Scombridæ (Mackerel, Tunny, Bonito,
Albacore, Sucking-fish), 456—Trachinidæ (Stare-gazer,
Weever, etc.), 462—Malacanthidæ, 467—Batrachidæ, 467—
Psychrolutidæ, 469—Pediculati (Angler, Antennarius, etc.), 469
—Cottidæ (Bull-heads, Gurnards), 476—Cataphracti (Flying
Gurnards), 480—Pegasidæ, 482.
IX. A. gobiiformes 483
Families: Discoboli (Lump-suckers), 483—Gobiidæ (Gobies,
Dragonets), 485.
X. A. blenniiformes 490
Families: Cepolidæ (Band-fishes), 490—Trichonotidæ, 490—
Heterolepidotidæ, 491—Blenniidæ (Wolf-fish, Blennies), 492—
Acanthoclinidæ, 498—Mastacembelidæ, 499.
XI. A. mugiliformes 499
Families: Sphyrænidæ (Barracudas), 499—Atherinidæ
(Atherines), 500—Mugilidæ (Mullets), 501.
 XII. A. gastrosteiformes 504
Families: Gastrosteidæ (Sticklebacks), 504—Fistulariidæ (Flute-
mouths), 507.
XIII. A. centrisciformes 508
Family: Centriscidæ, 508.
XIV. A. gobiesociformes 510
Family: Gobiesocidæ, 512.
XV. A. channiformes 513
Family: Ophiocephalidæ, 513.
XVI. A. labyrinthibranchii 514
Families: Labyrinthici (Climbing Perch, Gourami), 514—
Luciocephalidæ, 519.
XVII. A. lophotiformes 519
Family: Lophotidæ, 519.
XVIII. A. tæniiformes 520
Family: Trachypteridæ (Ribbon-fishes), 520.
XIX. A. notacanthiformes 523
Family: Notacanthidæ, 523.
Second Order—Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi 523
Families: Pomacentridæ (Coral-fishes), 524—Labridæ (Wrasses,
Parrot-wrasses), 525—Embiotocidæ, 533—Chromides, 534.
Third Order—Anacanthini 537
I. A. gadoidei 537
Families: Lycodidæ, 537—Gadidæ (Cod-fishes, Hake, Burbot,
Ling, Rockling, Torsk), 539—Ophidiidæ (Brotula, Fierasfer,
Sand-eel, Congrogadus), 546—Macruridæ, 551.
II. A. pleuronectoidei 553
Family: Pleuronectidæ (Flat-fishes), 553.
Fourth Order—Physostomi 559
Families: Siluridæ; their skeleton, 559—divided into eight subdivisions
and sixteen groups; Clariina, 563—Plotosina, 563—Silurina, 565—
Hypophthalmina, 566—Bagrina, 567—Amiurina, 567—Pimelodina, 568
—Ariina, 569—Doradina, 572—Rhinoglanina, 573—Malapterurina
(Electric Catfish), 574—Hypostomatina (Preñadillas, Loricaria, etc.),
575—Aspredinina, 580—Nematogenyina and Trichomycterina, 581—
Stegopholina, 581.
Families of Physostomi continued: Scopelidæ, 582—Cyprinidæ (Carps),
587—divided into fourteen groups, viz. Catostomina (Suckers), 588—
Cyprinina (Carp, Crucian Carp, Gold-fish, Barbels, Gudgeons), 589—
Rohteichthyina, 596—Leptobarbina, 597—Rasborina, 597—
Semiplotina, 598—Xenocypridina, 598—Leuciscina (White fish, Tench,
Dace, etc.), 598—Rhodeina, 601—Danionina, 601—
 Hypophthalmichthyina, 602—Abramidina (Bream, Bleak), 602—
Homalopterina, 604—Cobitidina (Loaches), 604.
Families of Physostomi continued: Kneriidæ, 606—Characinidæ, 606—
Cyprinodontidæ, 613—Heteropygii (Blind Fish of the Mammoth Cave),
618—Umbridæ, 619—Scombresocidæ (Gar-pike, Saury, Half-beak,
Flying Fish), 619—Esocidæ (Pike), 623—Galaxiidæ, 624—Mormyridæ,
625—Sternoptychidæ, 627—Stomiatidæ, 629.
Families of Physostomi continued—Salmonidæ: Salmo, difficulty of
distinguishing species, 630; constant specific characters, 635—hybrids,
638—sexual development, 638—migratory species and their retention
in freshwater, 639—Growth of Salmonoids, 641—their domestication
and acclimatisation, 641—species enumerated, 642—Smelt and
Capelin, 646—Coregonus, 647—Grayling, 649—marine genera, 650.
Families of Physostomi continued: Percopsidæ, 651—Haplochitonidæ,
651—Gonorhynchidæ, 652—Hyodontidæ (Moon-eye), 653—
Pantodontidæ, 653—Osteoglossidæ, 653—Clupeidæ (Herrings,
Anchovies, Shads, Mossbanker, Menhaden, etc.), 655—
Bathythrissidæ, 663—Chirocentridæ, 663—Alepocephalidæ, 664—
Notopteridæ, 664—Halosauridæ, 665—Hoplopleuridæ, 665—
Gymnotidæ (Electric Eel), 666—Symbranchidæ, 668—Murænidæ
(Eels, Congers, Murænas, etc.), 669.
Fifth Order—Lophobranchii 678
Families: Solenostomidæ, 678—Syngnathidæ (Pipe-fishes, Sea-horses),
679.
Sixth Order—Plectognathi 683
Families: Sclerodermi (File-fishes, Coffer-fishes), 684—Gymnodontes
(Globe-fishes, Sun-fish), 686.
Third Sub-class—Cyclostomata.
Families: Petromyzontidæ (Lampreys), 691—Myxinidæ, 694.
Fourth Sub-class—Leptocardii.
Family: Cirrhostomi (Lancelets), 696.
APPENDIX.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Fishes 697
Alphabetical Index 707
 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

According to the views generally adopted at present, all those

Vertebrate animals are referred to the Class of Fishes, which living in
water, breathe air dissolved in water by means of gills or branchiæ;
whose heart consists of a single ventricle and single atrium; whose
limbs, if present, are modified into fins, supplemented by unpaired,
median fins; and whose skin is either naked, or covered with scales
or osseous plates or bucklers. With few exceptions fishes are
oviparous. However, there are not a few members of this Class
which show a modification of one or more of these characteristics, as
we shall see hereafter, and which, nevertheless, cannot be
separated from it. The distinction between the Class of Fishes and
that of Batrachians is very slight indeed.
The branch of Zoology which treats of the internal and external
structure of fishes, their mode of life, and their distribution in space
and time, is termed Ichthyology.[1]