5 6 L A U N C E. Class IV. 



XIV. Head (lender. 



LAUNCE. 



Body long and fquare. 



Upper lip doubled in. 



Dorfal and anal fin reaching almoft to the tail. 



Seven branchioftegous rays. 



66* Sand. Ammodytes pifcis, ut nos Sand Eels, or Launces. Rati 



vocavimus pro anglico San- fyn. pifc. 38, 165. 



dilz. Gefner paralip. 3. Ammodytes. Arted, fynon 29. 



Tobian, vel Tobias Sandtfpir- Ammodytes Tobianus. Lin. 



ing. Schone-velde, 76. fyfi. 430. 



Ammodytes Gefneri, Wil. Ictb* Tobis. Faun. Suec. 302. Gro- 



113. #o<v. Zoopb. No. 404. 



THE launce is found on moft of our fandy 

 fhores during fome of the furnmer months : 

 it conceals itfelf on the recefs of the tides beneath 

 the fand, in fuch places where the water is left, at 

 the depth of about a foot, and are in fome places dug 

 out, in others drawn up by means of a hook con- 

 trived for that purpofe. They are commonly ufed 

 for baits for other fim, but they are alfo very 

 delicate eating. 



Thefe fifh are found in the (lomachs of the Por- 

 pejfe, an argument that the lad roots up the fand 

 with its nofe as hogs do the ground. 

 Sijbe. They grow fometimes the length of nine or ten 



inches i 



