92 Mr. Coucu on the Natural History of Fishes, $c. 
much elevated. This fish seems to resemble the Basking 
Shark, but differs from it in the form of the head and 
situation of the eye. 
ACCIPENSER. 
Common Sturgeon. A. Sturio.—Of an individual taken in a 
trammel-net near this place, the fishermen observed that it 
threw up several large bubbles of air as they raised it from 
the bottom ; this I have no doubt came from the swimming- 
bladder; for on examination I found it empty ; and the 
discharge appears to have been intended to prevent its 
ascent; it made no other effort to escape. 
Polperro, Cornwall. JoNATHAN Covcnu. 
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