COMMON ANGLER. Class IV. 



On each fide the upper jaw are two fharp fpines, 

 and others are fcattered about the upper part of 

 the head. 



Immediately above the nofe are two long tough 

 filaments, and on the back three others ; thefe are 

 what Pliny calls cornicula^ and fays it makes ufe of 

 to attract the little fifh. They feem to me like 

 lines flung out for that end: I therefore have 

 changed the old name of Fishing Frog for the 

 more fimple one of Angler. 



Along the edges of the head and body are a 

 multitude of fhort fringed ikins, placed at equal 

 diftances. 



The ventral fins are broad, thick, and flefhy, 

 are jointed like arms, and within fide divided into 

 fingers. 



The aperture to the gills is placed behind, each 

 of thefe is very wide, fo that fome writers have 

 imagined it to be a receptacle for the young in 

 time of danger. 



The back fin is placed very low near the begin- 

 ning of the tail : the anal ^.w is placed beneath, al- 

 moit oppofite the former. 



The body grows (lender near the tail, the end of 

 which is quite even. 



The color of the upper part of this fifh is duikvj 

 the lower part white \ the fkin fmooth. 



Fifliing 



