Fish illustrations, 19th century. These ten fish are (top to bottom, left to right): a Conger eel; a tube-eye fish (Stylephorus chordatus); a swordfish (Xiphias gladius); a silver trichiure (Trichiurus argenteus); a gymnote or electric eel; a blenny; an Odontognathus longfin herring; a haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus); a father lasher (Myoxocephalus scorpius); and a bandfish (Cepolidae). The orders are: apodal fishes (limbless), jugular fishes (pelvic fins in front of the pectoral fins), and thoracic fishes (ventral fins below the pectoral fins). This page is from 'Universal Technological Dictionary' (1823) by British author George Crabb (1778-1851).