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SUNFISH. 



stomach long and capacious, the intestine thick and convoluted 

 into a ball. 



The Sunfish is exposed to the annoyance of several species 

 of parasitic animals, three species of which are commonly found 

 adhering to the skin; and there is one, often an inch in 

 length, which never fails to be found grasping with its sharp 

 claws the fibres of the gills, no doubt to the great annoyance 

 of its host. 



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A— Parasitic on the gills of the Siintish. 

 B— Parasitic on the skin of the Suniish. 



