The Anatomy of the dogfish

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1950

Creator: Gaumont-British Instructional Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Dogfish anatomy and its functions shown by actual shots of living fish, detailed dissections and animated diagrams. Habits, external features, feeding, and alimentary canal (including teeth), circulatory system; respiration with reference to circulatory system and pharyngeal skeleton; the kidneys; reproductive organs, actuality and diagram details of fertilization, egg-case formation, egg laying and actuality, development of embryo; cranial nerves and their important connections with ampullae, eyes, ear and viscera; the skeleton as basis of muscular movement. Photography by Norman MacQueen.