266 



PISCES. 



illarie, .hor.er, pedicres of the interraa^iUaries longer; the dor 

 sal com,onc,s opposite to the middle of the pectorah- thj 

 body tiMckcr in proportion. pectorals, the 



Both specie, are common along the whole coast of France- 

 reamed '"r ,'" '""'' """ ' " ^""S-X colour They' 

 are esteemed as food, and are also used for bait. 



ORDER V. 

 LOPHOBRANCHII. 



All the fishes of which we have hitherto spoken, have not 



on ly a hony or fibrous skeleton, and eo^pletf and LJZ, 



but then, branchta, are nnifortnly composed of lamina,, or are 



pectnnform. In thts ,-der, however, we likewise find the 



rir T^^.P'^'?' l-"' it is eminently distinguished by 



omb t: "^"".VT'"'' f '^-""''"'S' - --'', the teeth of I 

 comb are divided ,nto small round tufts, arranged in pairs 

 along the branch.a arches, a structure of which no other fishe 

 present any example. They are enclosed beneath a large oper 

 cu um, ued down on all sides by a membrane which 1 Ls 

 only a single small orifice for the exit of the water, and exh 

 b.ting ,n ,ts thickness only vestiges of rays. These fishes arc 

 Jso recognized by the scutellated plates of mail which ov 

 the,,, body, and usually render it angular. They are geneill v 

 small, and almost without flesh. Their intestine is equ d 



ably ;";r"' ^"' ""- -^'^'^^^ "'^o"- ^"i-' 't pi. tion 



Syngnathus, Lin.(l) 



