Abstract
DR. GEMMILL'S memoir is mainly a very complete and well-illustrated account of the structure of the major abnormalities, or double, triple,and cyclopean monstrosities, in salmon and trout. The author tells us that the bony fishes are specially important for the study of teratological variation; oviparity and the abundance of eggs ensure plentiful material at all stages for observation and experiment, and although the major types rarely live after the yolk has been absorbed, at this time nearly all the organs, except the bony skeleton, have attained their adult form and relations.
The Teratology of Fishes.
Dr. James F. Gemmill. Pp. xvii + 73 + xxvi plates. (Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1912.) Price 15s. net.
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R., C. The Teratology of Fishes . Nature 90, 359–360 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/090359b0
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