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justice to the subject when we remark further, that it is the 

 opinion of Dr. Badham, in his amusincj work of "Fish Tattle," 

 that the kindred species Phycis mediterraneus knov.'u by its 

 lower and rounded first dorsal fin, is truly the dis])uted fish; 

 and if so, the present species will lay an equal claim to the 

 designation, since both of them are natives of the same waters, 

 and we are well aware of the little discrimination that was 

 employed by the ancients in the distinction of species. It was 

 their opinion that the tendrils of the Asellus were employed as 

 bait or lines, and we have noticed in the Hake's Dame what 

 organs of sensibility they are. 



