GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FISHES. 



the triittaceous, trout kind; or the gobionites, 

 loch, or gudgeon kind. 



Fishes with but one soft hack fin, are of three 

 sorts. The first kind have one long continued 

 fin, from head to tail, as the hipparus of Ronde- 

 letius, &c. 



The second have their fin but short, and 



placed just in the middle of their back : and 



tliese are either mari?ie, as the herring kind ; or 



Jiuviatih,a^ those we call leathQi-'mouthed fishes; 



such as carp, tench, 8cc. 



Fishes which have prichhj fins on their backSy 

 are of two kinds. 1. Such as have two pricklj/ 

 fins on their backs; and in these the interior radii 

 of their fins are always prickly. 2. Such as 

 have but ojie prickly fin there. 



The English fishes that we have in our ponds, 

 rivers, &c. are as follow: 1. CyprinuSy the 

 Carp. ^. Tinea, the Tench. 3. Cijprinus latus, 

 the Bream, or Bruma. 4. Orfus gennanoriun, 

 the Kudd, Oerve, or Nersling. 5. Capito sea 

 C'e/9//fl/ws tlie Chubb, or Chevin. 6. Barbns,\\\Q 

 Barbel. 7- Leucissus, the Dace, or Dare. 8. 

 Jiutilus, sea Rubellio, the Roach. Q. yllbunms, 

 the Bleak, or Bley. 10. Gobiiis fiuviatilis, the 

 Gudgeon. W.Cobites fluviatilis harbatula, the 

 Loche, or Loach. 1£. Varius, sea phoxinuslccvis, 

 the Pink, or Minnow. 



These twelve are called Malacostomi, or lea- 

 ther-mouthed fishes ; because they have no teeth 

 in their jaws, but only deep down in their 

 mouths. To proceed. 13. Passer finviatilis, 

 sive amphibious, the Tlounder. 14. Anguilla, 

 the Eel. lo. Gobio finviatilis, the Bull-head^ 

 gr Miller's Thumb. l6. Thymallus, the Grag- 

 ling, or Grayling, or Lumber. 17. Sal/no, the 

 Salmon. 18. Trutta finviatilis duam generum, 



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