海底兩萬里 第194期 第14章 黑潮暖流(8)

　　Ned my friend, you're a slayer of fish, a highly skilled fisherman. You've caught a large number of these fascinating animals.

　　尼德·蘭老朋友，不錯，您是千個打魚手，一個很能干的漁夫。您曾經(jīng)捕捉過許多這些很有趣味的動物。

　　But I'll bet you don't know how they're classified.

　　不過我可以跟您打賭，您不知道人們怎樣把它們分類。

　　Sure I do, the harpooner replied in all seriousness. They're classified into fish we eat and fish we don't eat!

　　我知道，魚叉手很正經(jīng)地回答，人們把它們分為可吃的魚類和不可吃的魚類!

　　Spoken like a true glutton, Conseil replied. But tell me, are you familiar with the differences between bony fish and cartilaginous fish?

　　這是講究吃喝的人的一種分類法，康塞爾回答，請您告訴我，您知道硬骨魚類和軟骨魚類之間存在的差別嗎?

　　Just maybe, Conseil.

　　康塞爾，我可能知道。

　　And how about the subdivisions of these two large classes?

　　您知道這兩大組魚類的小分類嗎?

　　I haven't the foggiest notion, the Canadian replied.

　　我想我不至于不知道。加拿大人回答。

　　All right, listen and learn, Ned my friend! Bony fish are subdivided into six orders.

　　尼德·蘭老朋友，好吧，請您聽我說，情您好好地記下來吧!硬骨魚類可分為六目。

　　Primo, the acanthopterygians, whose upper jaw is fully formed and free-moving, and whose gills take the shape of a comb.

　　第一目是硬鰭魚，上鰓是完：整的，能動的，鰓作梳子形。

　　This order consists of fifteen families, in other words, three-quarters of all known fish. Example: the common perch.

　　這一目共有十五科，就是說，包括已經(jīng)知道的魚類的四分之三。這目的類型是：普通鯽魚。

　　Pretty fair eating, Ned Land replied.

　　相當(dāng)好吃的魚。尼德蘭回答。

　　Secundo, Conseil went on, the abdominals, whose pelvic fins hang under the abdomento the rear of the pectorals but aren't attached to the shoulder bone,

　　康塞爾又說：第二目是腹鰭魚，腹鰭是垂在肚腹下面和在胸緒后邊，而不是長在肩骨上;

　　an order that's divided into five families and makes up the great majority of freshwater fish. Examples: carp, pike.

　　這一目分為五科，包括大部分的淡水魚。這目的類型是：鯉魚、雄魚。

　　Ugh! the Canadian put in with distinct scorn. You can keep the freshwater fish!

　　呸!加拿大人帶著看不起的神氣說，淡水魚!

　　Tertio, Conseil said, the subbrachians, whose pelvic fins are attached under the pectorals and hang directly from the shoulder bone.

　　第三目是副鰭魚，康塞爾說，腹鰭是接在胸鱔的下面和掛在肩骨上。

　　This order contains four families. Examples: flatfish such as sole, turbot, dab, plaice, brill, etc.

　　這一目共有四科。類型是：蝶魚、比目魚、鞋底魚、大比目魚等。

　　Excellent, really excellent! the harpooner exclaimed, interested in fish only from an edibleviewpoint.

　　美味好吃的魚!美味好吃的魚!魚叉手喊，他只是從口味的觀點來看魚類。