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it is named soffieta, at Genoa trombetta, and with us trumpet- 

 Jish. Its flesh is delicate and esteemed. 



The second division of common fishes, or that of 

 the Malacopterygii, contains three orders, charac- 

 terized by the position of the ventrals or by their 

 absence. We proceed to the Barai's arrangement of 

 them. 



