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MUR.ENID.E. 



" Little can be said of the natural habits of this fish ; but 

 as it so rarely occurs, it is most probably an inhabitant of the 

 rocky parts ; in such a situation, at low-water, the specimen 

 here described was taken." 



But little being known either of Montagu's or Pennant's 

 Ophidium, the figure at the head of this subject is taken from 

 Montagu's figure, and the outline at the foot of this page is 

 taken from Pennant's first figure, which Schneider appears to 

 have adopted as the representative of the genus Ophidium in 

 his Ichthyological work. 



Never having seen either of these species, for they seem to 

 be distinct, any information of their appearance on our coast 

 is respectfully solicited by the author. 



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