"Lateral line" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... able to detect the anal or sexual pores. The anal sucker seems to be formed of four rings, and on each side above is a sort of crenated flesh-like appendage. The tint of the common species is yellowish-brown or snuff-coloured, streaked with black, with a yellow-greenish dorsal, and another lateral line along its whole length. There is a larger species to be found in this garden with a broad green dorsal fascia; but I have not been able to procure one although I have offered a small reward to any coolie who will bring me one." In a subsequent communication Mr. Thwaites remarks ...
— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent
... and then cut the skin from head to tail in a straight line. A mark called the subdorsal or lateral line is an excellent guide for this. With a strong pair of scissors,—or rather shears, cut through the scapular arch (the large bone beneath the gills—see Fig. 34, A). Slip the knife under the edges of the cut skin, and lift the skin the whole of the way ...
— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne |
