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APPENDIX. 



[No. VI. 



The ventrals are about one-fourth part nearer to the head than to the tail. The adi- 

 pose fin is moderately large, and opposite to the posterior third of the anal fin. The 



anal fin is large and long, and 



the insertion of the caudal fin. The caudal fin 

 rounded lobes. 



length 



emar 



D7. P7. V9. . A 235. Cm. 





Length, exclusive of caudal fin, 30 inches. 



-$• 





? 



from 



wanting serratures on the first ray of the dorsal fin, and teeth on the palate. Both, 



from 



circum 



stances, that it has been judged best to consider Seba's as a young mathemegh. We 



The silurus catus of Catesby 



from 



differs in having its first dorsal fin of a conical form, placed in the middle of its body* 

 The nathemegh is found sparingly in the lakes that flow into the Saskatchawan, 



undantly in the lakes and rivers to the southward. It is much prized as 



more 



a rich food. 



■ 



Gadus Lota. L. Burbot 



Methy, Cree Indians. La loche, Canadian voyagers. 



Gadus lota and Methy, Phil. Trans, lxiii. p. 152, Arctic Zoology, and Hearne. 



Burbot, Donov. Br. Fishes, t. «2, Block, t. 70. 



$1. 



The burbot is found in every river and lake in the country, and attains the length 

 of 30 inches, or more. It spawns in February. It preys upon every kind of fish that 

 it can swallow, and in the spring its stomach is generally crammed with cray-fish, 

 often to such a degree as to distort the shape of the body. 



The burbot is so little esteemed as food as to be eaten only in cases of necessity. 

 Very good bread, however, may be made of the roe, and the livers are always prized. 

 Dogs will scarcely ever eat this fish. 



Pleronectes Stellattts. 



Sub-genus, Platessa, Cuv. Pig. An. tom.ii. p. 220. 



Pleuronectes Stellatus, Pallasii, Nov. Act. Petropol. torn. i. an. 1787, p. 347, t. ix. f. 1 ; and Mimoires dt 

 VAcad.de Petersburg, torn. Hi. p. 248, t. x. f, 1. (The latter figure errs in the dorsal fin not being carried far 

 enough forward.) 



Stellated Flounder. Shaw's Zoology, iv. pt. ii. p. 235. 



This fish was found at the mouths of the rivers in the Arctic Sea. 



Pleuronectes Glacialis. 



222 



Pleuronectes glacialis, Pall. Itin. p. 706, Gmel. Lin. p. 1235. 



Found 



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