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„tur Rondeletius) Bellonium non admodum abfurde fcripnlTe : Ranam pi- 

 fcatriccm geminos lub ventre pedes habere ad ranzpaluftrisfimilitudiriem, 

 „mcmbrana intertextos, qvibus verilimile ert , eam rana: in modtim per 

 „maris fundum incedere,,. Qvid ergo obrtaret, qvo minus ejusmodi pi- 

 fcium genus fingulare conititueremus , fub antiqvo , qvo Pliniiis (Lib. XXXII. 

 cap. X.) utitur nomine. 



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I. BATRACHUS, corpore qvafi pedato. Ex grarco^T^or, Rana ; fic 

 ranunculum plantam grarci batrachion vocant. Plin. XXV. 

 cap. CIX. batrachices , gemmacolorem ranae referens. Id. 

 XXXVII. cap. LVI. fiafectxiog Ai]cc t bufonita; bufonitesj 

 bufonius lapis: 



I. Batrachus, capite ri&uqve ran&, corpore & figura gyrino fimilis; 

 iub iplb gutture fibi mutuo vicinae binee pinnsc, talpre pedi- 

 bus (imillimac, fingulcc qvinis radiis leu digitis con(fi'ites; 

 Willughb. p. g(f. qvas pinuas tamen Tab. E. 1. non exhiber. 

 A little belovv the Diaphragm , on its uppcr Part, are two 

 large Fins iu the Shape ofa Hand, anddividedintofiveFin- 

 gers ; Anonym cit. p. fo. & p. jv. He has two littlc Feetco- 

 mingoutof his Belly, like the Feet of a Goofe. Ultimus 

 fuit qvatuor pedes longus, with a Mouth large enoughtota- 

 ke in a middle fiiz'd Dog , it opcning twclve Inches wide. 

 ^eh^xxfi^ grteeis. Pifcis rospus, Iftris; rospus enim ipfis 

 bufo. Bora, Taurinis ; Zatto, Lombardis; G.Entiusapud 

 Charleton : Rana pifcatrix Salviani, & aliorum. The Toclfish , 

 orFrogfish,orSea-Divel, Anglis. Subalteropinnarumpare, 

 inipfapilcismargineiito, ingentiaforamina, in qvorumfun- 

 do tres branchioe, nullis ari/Hs donatrr. Lophius a) ore 

 cirroib b) figura corporis monitroia ; Artedi Jchth. P. III. 

 p. 61. 



a) /\o(pia pinna, emtnentia, qvia undiqve eminen f iis , pinniformibus inftruitur, Artei. 

 cum pinna alias xti^ vel TmgoSofxa grarcis audit, AoQta vel AoQia autem 

 proprie pro eminenriu tforfi Cumhur ; infuperclariffimus autor P. J/.p. j. autumat,-mem- 

 branas qvse interdum fpeciem piunce habent , nul'is tamert ofllculis vel cartilagrnibus 

 radiatis fulciuotur, nullum. ufum in natando praeflare, hrnc piaim apptllari no» pojje. 

 Qyicqvid tamen fit, pfurimi pifces intrarent in contubernium Lophiorttm, qvod plutimi 

 cmisientias foabcnt,- Horum drtedus ncn nifi duas /pecies receafet. 



