 The tail, if a thick one, as that of a shark, may be taken off a little below the anus, and the trunk alone preserved for examination. If the trunk be too large, it should be cut through above the pelvis, and the parts contained in the hinder portion,...  Madras Journal of Literature and Science - Page 1891837Full view - About this book
 | Madras literary society - 1837 - 996 pages
...appearances should be attended to, its length, depth and thickness, the number of fins, their shape, *here placed, the number of hard and soft rays supporting...female, the heart, and head are all preserved together. parts contained in the hinder portion, as the claspers of the male, should be preserved in spirit.... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Antarctica - 1839 - 94 pages
...skin should be preserved in the saline solution. In less bulky specimens the entire head should be taken off by dividing the fish below the heart across...mouths of the oviducts, if it be a female, the heart, gills, and head are all preserved together. The tail of a Shark may be taken off a little below the... | |
 | Science - 1840 - 484 pages
...skin, should be preserved in the saline solution. In less bulky specimens, the entire head should be taken off by dividing the fish below the heart across...mouths of the oviducts, if it be a female, the heart, gills, and head are all preserved together. The tail of a shark may be taken off a little below the... | |
 | Science - 1840 - 458 pages
...skin, should be preserved in the saline solution. In less bulky specimens, the entire head should be taken off by dividing the fish below the heart across...mouths of the oviducts, if it be a female, the heart, gills, and head are all preserved together. The tail of a shark may be taken off a little below the... | |
 | 1842 - 450 pages
...skin should be preserved in the saline solution. In less bulky specimens the entire head should be taken off by dividing the fish below the heart across...mouths of the oviducts, if it be a female, the heart, gills, and head are all preserved together. ture, and any other peculiarity, should be noticed before... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Life sciences - 1851 - 572 pages
...before death. With regard to large specimens of the shark or ray kind, John Hunter recommended that " the abdomen should be first opened, then the head...examination. If the trunk be too large, it should be cut through above the pelvis, and the parts contained in the hinder portion, as the claspers of the... | |
 | Great Britain. Admiralty - 1871 - 424 pages
...with a match. With regard to large specimens of the shark or ray kind, John Hunter recommended that " the abdomen should be first opened, then the head...examination. If the trunk be too large, it should be cut through, above the pelvis, and the parts contained in the hinder portion, as the claspers of the... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel, Robert Main - Scientific expeditions - 1871 - 420 pages
...with a match. With regard to large specimens of the shark or ray kind, John Hunter recommended that " the abdomen should be first opened, then the head...examination. If the trunk be too large, it should be cut through above the pelvis, and the parts contained in the hinder portion, as the claspers of the... | |
 | Botany - 1840 - 626 pages
...skin should be preserved in the saline solution. In less bulky specimens the entire head should be taken off by dividing the fish below the heart across...mouths of the oviducts, if it be a female, the heart, gills, and head are all preserved together. The tail of a Shark may be taken off a little below the... | |
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